rt: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of rt
- part«Word Popularity Bar5/5
part
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; portion; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun something less than the whole of a human artifact
portion.
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
- support5/5
support
- noun the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- his support kept the family together
- they gave him emotional support during difficult times
- noun aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the president no longer has the support of his own party
- they developed a scheme of mutual support
- noun the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- court5/5
court
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
tribunal; judicature.
- noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
courtroom.
- television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- heart5/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- short5/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- art5/5
art
- noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
fine art.
- an art exhibition
- a fine collection of art
- noun the creation of beautiful or significant things
artistic creation; artistic production.
- art does not need to be innovative to be good
- I was never any good at art
- he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully
- noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- report5/5
report
- noun a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
written report; study.
- this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
- noun the act of informing by verbal report
account.
- he heard reports that they were causing trouble
- by all accounts they were a happy couple
- noun a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- start5/5
start
- noun the beginning of anything
- it was off to a good start
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; offset; beginning; commencement; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun the beginning of anything
- robert5/5
robert
(Bot.) See Herb Robert , underHerb .
- effort5/5
effort
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; endeavor; attempt; endeavour.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work
exertion; elbow grease; travail; sweat.
- he got an A for effort
- they managed only with great exertion
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- sort5/5
sort
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
kind; form; variety.
- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
- noun an approximate definition or example
- she wore a sort of magenta dress
- she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- apart5/5
apart
- adjective satellite remote and separate physically or socially
obscure; isolated.
- existed over the centuries as a world apart
- preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson
- tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
- an obscure village
- adjective satellite having characteristics not shared by others
- scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush
- adjective satellite remote and separate physically or socially
- transport5/5
transport
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
conveyance.
- noun an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
- port5/5
port
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- noun sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
port wine.
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- hurt5/5
hurt
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; injury; trauma.
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; distress.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- fort5/5
fort
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fortress.
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- expert5/5
expert
- noun a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
good; practiced; skillful; proficient; adept; skilful.
- adept in handicrafts
- an adept juggler
- an expert job
- a good mechanic
- a practiced marksman
- a proficient engineer
- a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
- the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
- noun a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- comfort5/5
comfort
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
comfortableness.
- he is a man who enjoys his comfort
- she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair
- noun a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
- chart5/5
chart
- noun a visual display of information
- noun a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
- noun a visual display of information
- desert5/5
desert
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desolate; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- export5/5
export
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
exportation.
- verb sell or transfer abroad
- we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
- sport5/5
sport
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
athletics.
- noun the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
- shirt5/5
shirt
- noun a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- verb put a shirt on
- noun a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- import5/5
import
- noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
importation.
- noun an imported person brought from a foreign country
importee.
- the lead role was played by an import from Sweden
- they are descendants of indentured importees
- noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- smart5/5
smart
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartness; smarting.
- verb be the source of pain
ache; hurt.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- insert5/5
insert
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- noun an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
inset.
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- albert5/5
albert
- noun prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
Prince Albert; Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel.
- noun prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
- airport5/5
airport
- noun an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
aerodrome; drome; airdrome.
- noun an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
- resort5/5
resort
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
resort hotel; holiday resort.
- noun a frequently visited place
stamping ground; hangout; haunt; repair.
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
- convert5/5
convert
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
change over.
- We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- alert5/5
alert
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
qui vive.
- bombers were put on alert during the crisis
- noun a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
alerting.
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
- dirt5/5
dirt
- noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
soil.
- noun the state of being covered with unclean things
grease; filth; soil; grime; grunge; stain.
- noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- stewart5/5
stewart
- noun United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
Jimmy Stewart; James Maitland Stewart.
- noun Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828)
Dugald Stewart.
- noun United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
- herbert5/5
herbert
- noun United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
Victor Herbert.
- noun United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
- concert5/5
concert
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- stuart5/5
stuart
- noun United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
Gilbert Stuart; Gilbert Charles Stuart.
- noun a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England
- noun United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
- assert5/5
assert
- verb state categorically
asseverate; maintain.
- verb to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
avow; affirm; verify; swan; swear; aver.
- Before God I swear I am innocent
- verb state categorically
- gilbert5/5
gilbert
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
Gb; Gi.
- noun a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
William Gilbert; Sir William Gilbert; William S. Gilbert; William Schwenk Gilbert.
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
- hart5/5
hart
- noun a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
stag.
- noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
Moss Hart.
- noun a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
- cart5/5
cart
- noun a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
handcart; go-cart; pushcart.
- he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
- their pushcart was piled high with groceries
- noun a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
- discomfort5/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- skirt4/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- frankfurt4/5
frankfurt
- noun a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
Frankfurt on the Main; Frankfort.
- noun a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
- exert4/5
exert
- verb put to use
exercise.
- exert one's power or influence
- verb have and exercise
maintain; wield.
- wield power and authority
- verb put to use
- counterpart4/5
counterpart
- noun a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
vis-a-vis; opposite number.
- noun a duplicate copy
similitude; twin.
- noun a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
- overt4/5
overt
- adjective open and observable; not secret or hidden
open.
- an overt lie
- overt hostility
- overt intelligence gathering
- open ballots
- adjective open and observable; not secret or hidden
- depart4/5
depart
- verb move away from a place into another direction
go; go away.
- Go away before I start to cry
- The train departs at noon
- verb be at variance with; be out of line with
vary; deviate; diverge.
- verb move away from a place into another direction
- cohort4/5
cohort
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- noun a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- escort4/5
escort
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
bodyguard.
- noun the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
accompaniment.
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- tort4/5
tort
- noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
civil wrong.
- noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- passport4/5
passport
- noun any authorization to pass or go somewhere
pass.
- the pass to visit had a strict time limit
- noun a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- noun any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- mart4/5
mart
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
market place; marketplace; market.
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- covert4/5
covert
- noun a flock of coots
- noun a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
concealment; screen; cover.
- a screen of trees afforded privacy
- under cover of darkness
- the brush provided a covert for game
- the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
- noun a flock of coots
- kurt4/5
kurt
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lambert4/5
lambert
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
L.
- noun English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Constant Lambert; Leonard Constant Lambert.
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
- rapport4/5
rapport
- noun a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
resonance.
- noun a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
- dessert4/5
dessert
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
afters; sweet.
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
- stuttgart4/5
stuttgart
- noun a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture
- noun a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture
- mozart4/5
mozart
- noun prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- noun the music of Mozart
- the concert was mostly Mozart
- noun prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791)
- sweetheart4/5
sweetheart
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; steady; sweetie.
- noun any well-liked individual
- he's a sweetheart
- noun a person loved by another person
- inert4/5
inert
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- adjective satellite having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
neutral; indifferent.
- inert matter
- an indifferent chemical in a reaction
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- newport4/5
newport
- noun a port city in southeastern Wales
- noun a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center
- noun a port city in southeastern Wales
- bert4/5
bert
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hubert4/5
hubert
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rupert4/5
rupert
- noun English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
Prince Rupert.
- noun English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
- impart4/5
impart
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
leave; give; pass on.
- give a secret to the Russians
- leave your name and address here
- impart a new skill to the students
- verb bestow a quality on
lend; contribute; add; bring; bestow.
- Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
- The music added a lot to the play
- She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
- This adds a light note to the program
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bart4/5
bart
- noun a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
baronet.
- since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.
- noun a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
- divert4/5
divert
- verb turn aside; turn away from
deviate.
- verb send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
- verb turn aside; turn away from
- cert4/5
cert
- noun an absolute certainty
- it's a dead cert
- noun an absolute certainty
- distort4/5
distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
- The cord is all twisted
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- yogurt4/5
yogurt
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
yoghurt; yoghourt.
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
- dart4/5
dart
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- noun a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- revert4/5
revert
- verb go back to a previous state
retrovert; return; turn back; regress.
- We reverted to the old rules
- verb undergo reversion, as in a mutation
- verb go back to a previous state
- burt4/5
burt
(Zoöl.) See Prov. Eng.Birt .
- davenport4/5
davenport
- noun a small decorative writing desk
- noun a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
- noun a small decorative writing desk
- restart4/5
restart
- verb start an engine again, for example
re-start.
- verb take up or begin anew
re-start; resume.
- We resumed the negotiations
- verb start an engine again, for example
- avert3/5
avert
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
stave off; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; ward off; forfend.
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
- verb turn away or aside
turn away.
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- quart3/5
quart
- noun a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
- noun a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- consort3/5
consort
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- noun a family of similar musical instrument playing together
choir.
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- curt3/5
curt
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
brusque; short; brusk.
- try to cultivate a less brusque manner
- a curt reply
- the salesgirl was very short with him
- adjective satellite brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'"
laconic; terse; crisp.
- a crisp retort
- a response so curt as to be almost rude
- the laconic reply
- short and terse and easy to understand
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- schubert3/5
schubert
- noun Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
Franz Peter Schubert; Franz Schubert; Franz Seraph Peter Schubert.
- noun Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
- mort3/5
mort
A great quantity or number. Prov. Eng.There was a mort of merrymaking. Dickens.
- thwart3/5
thwart
- noun a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
cross thwart.
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- noun a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- tart3/5
tart
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
- noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- subvert3/5
subvert
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
bring down; overturn; overthrow.
- The Czar was overthrown
- subvert the ruling class
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
- wort3/5
wort
- noun usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
- noun unfermented or fermenting malt
- noun usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
- purport3/5
purport
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
intent; spirit.
- noun the pervading meaning or tenor
drift.
- caught the general drift of the conversation
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
- snort3/5
snort
- noun a disrespectful laugh
snicker; snigger.
- noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
razz; boo; razzing; Bronx cheer; hoot; hiss; raspberry; bird.
- noun a disrespectful laugh
- beaufort3/5
beaufort
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- retort3/5
retort
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
rejoinder; return; counter; replication; comeback; riposte.
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- noun a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- abort3/5
abort
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
- he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
- verb terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- crt3/5
crt
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
cathode-ray tube.
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
- calvert3/5
calvert
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- invert3/5
invert
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- here the theme is inverted
- verb reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
reverse.
- when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- subpart3/5
subpart
- noun a part of a part
- noun a part of a part
- hilbert3/5
hilbert
- noun German mathematician (1862-1943)
David Hilbert.
- noun German mathematician (1862-1943)
- flaubert3/5
flaubert
- noun French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
Gustave Flaubert.
- noun French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
- viewport3/5
viewport
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- norbert3/5
norbert
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hrt3/5
hrt
- noun hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
hormone replacement therapy; hormone-replacement therapy.
- noun hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
- hobart3/5
hobart
- noun a port and state capital of Tasmania
- noun a port and state capital of Tasmania
- stalwart3/5
stalwart
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
loyalist.
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
hardy; stout; sturdy.
- hardy explorers of northern Canada
- proud of her tall stalwart son
- stout seamen
- sturdy young athletes
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- flowchart3/5
flowchart
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
flow sheet; flow chart; flow diagram.
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
- flirt3/5
flirt
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
minx; prickteaser; tease; vamper; coquette; vamp.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; dalliance; flirting; flirtation; toying.
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- pert3/5
pert
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
impertinent; saucy; irreverent.
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- spurt3/5
spurt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
squirt; spirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spout; spirt; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- colbert3/5
colbert
- noun butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract
Colbert butter.
- noun butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract
- cuthbert3/5
cuthbert
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- frankfort3/5
frankfort
- noun the capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky
capital of Kentucky.
- noun a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
Frankfurt; Frankfurt on the Main.
- noun the capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky
- seaport3/5
seaport
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; harbour.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- rampart3/5
rampart
- noun an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
wall; bulwark.
- they stormed the ramparts of the city
- they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down
- noun an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- sweatshirt3/5
sweatshirt
- noun cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity
- noun cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity
- ort3/5
word
- noun a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- words are the blocks from which sentences are made
- he hardly said ten words all morning
- noun a brief statement
- he didn't say a word about it
- noun a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- reassert3/5
reassert
- verb strengthen or make more firm
confirm.
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
- verb strengthen or make more firm
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pervert
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
deviate; deviant; degenerate.
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- wert3/5
be
- verb have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- John is rich
- This is not a good answer
- noun a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
atomic number 4; glucinium; beryllium.
- verb have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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ebert
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- bogart3/5
bogart
- noun United States film actor (1899-1957)
Humphrey DeForest Bogart; Humphrey Bogart.
- noun United States film actor (1899-1957)
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upstart
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
- noun a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
arriviste; parvenu; nouveau-riche.
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
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chert
- noun variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
- noun variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
- eckhart3/5
eckhart
- noun German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327)
Meister Eckhart; Johannes Eckhart.
- noun German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327)
- exhort3/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
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wart
- noun any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- noun an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)
- noun any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- fart3/5
fart
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
flatus; farting; breaking wind; wind.
- verb expel intestinal gases through the anus
break wind.
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
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montfort
- noun an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)
Simon de Montfort; Earl of Leicester.
- noun an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)
- freeport3/5
freeport
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- hebert3/5
hebert
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- bridgeport3/5
bridgeport
- noun a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
- noun a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
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squirt
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
pip-squeak; small fry.
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; spirt; jet.
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
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advert
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advertising; advertisement; advertizement; advertizing.
- verb give heed (to)
hang; give ear; attend; pay heed.
- The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
- She hung on his every word
- They attended to everything he said
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- kmart2/5
kmart
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- vert2/5
vert
(Eng. Forest Law) (a) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve .vert and venison is the duty of the verderer(b) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
- dort2/5
dort
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- elbert2/5
elbert
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- extort2/5
extort
- verb obtain through intimidation
- verb obtain by coercion or intimidation
gouge; squeeze; wring; rack.
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
- verb obtain through intimidation
- unhurt2/5
unhurt
- adjective satellite not injured
unharmed; whole; unscathed.
- adjective satellite free from danger or injury
safe and sound.
- the children were found safe and sound
- adjective satellite not injured
- hort2/5
hort
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- shreveport2/5
shreveport
- noun a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
- noun a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
- yoghurt2/5
yoghurt
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
yogurt; yoghourt.
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
- urquhart2/5
urquhart
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- egbert2/5
egbert
- noun king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)
- noun king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)
- culvert2/5
culvert
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- girt2/5
gird
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
build up; fortify; arm.
- The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
- troops are building up on the Iraqi border
- verb put a girdle on or around
girdle.
- gird your loins
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- deport2/5
deport
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; comport; bear; behave; conduct; carry.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
deliver; extradite.
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- verb behave in a certain manner
- haart2/5
haart
- noun a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV
drug cocktail; highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- noun a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV
- alembert2/5
alembert
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- alpert2/5
alpert
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- ert2/5
ert
- noun the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth
Earth-received time.
- noun the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth
- cort2/5
cort
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- evert2/5
evert
- verb turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
- evert the eyelid
- noun United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)
Christine Marie Evert; Chrissie Evert; Chris Evert.
- verb turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
- blurt2/5
blurt
- verb utter impulsively
ejaculate; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- verb utter impulsively
- erfurt2/5
erfurt
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- ewart2/5
ewart
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- athwart2/5
athwart
- adverb at right angles to the center line of a ship
- adverb at an oblique angle
obliquely; aslant.
- the sun shone aslant into his face
- adverb at right angles to the center line of a ship
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comport
- verb behave well or properly
behave.
- The children must learn to behave
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; bear; behave; conduct; carry; deport.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb behave well or properly
- earhart2/5
earhart
- noun first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)
Amelia Earhart.
- noun first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)
- extrovert2/5
extrovert
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
extravert.
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
extroverted; extravertive; extrovertive; extravert; extraverted.
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
- froissart2/5
froissart
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- forecourt2/5
forecourt
- noun the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings
- noun the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings
- introvert2/5
introvert
- noun (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
- verb fold inwards
invaginate.
- some organs can invaginate
- noun (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
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agincourt
- noun a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
- noun a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
- swart2/5
swart
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swarthy; dark-skinned; dusky.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
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undershirt
- noun a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
vest; singlet.
- noun a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- delbert2/5
delbert
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- sert2/5
sert
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- geert2/5
geert
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- nightshirt2/5
nightshirt
- noun nightclothes worn by men
- noun nightclothes worn by men
- walmart2/5
walmart
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- guibert2/5
guibert
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- wilbert2/5
wilbert
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braggart
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
line-shooter; boaster; blowhard; vaunter; bragger.
- adjective satellite exhibiting self-importance
crowing; big; boastful; cock-a-hoop; bragging; self-aggrandizing; braggy; self-aggrandising.
- big talk
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
- herbart2/5
herbart
- noun German philosopher (1776-1841)
Johann Friedrich Herbart.
- noun German philosopher (1776-1841)
- goncourt2/5
goncourt
- noun French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt; Jules de Goncourt.
- noun French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)
Edmond de Goncourt; Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt.
- noun French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
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- oort2/5
oort
- noun Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
Jan Hendrix Oort.
- noun Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
- multipart2/5
multipart
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- carport2/5
carport
- noun garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
car port.
- noun garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
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yurt
- noun a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
- noun a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
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jumpstart
- noun starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
jump-start.
- my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor
- verb start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
jump; jump-start.
- noun starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
- halbert2/5
halbert
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- miniskirt2/5
miniskirt
- noun a very short skirt
mini.
- noun a very short skirt
- outsmart2/5
outsmart
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
beat; overreach; outwit; outfox; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
outmanoeuvre; outmaneuver.
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
- sturt2/5
sturt
To vex; to annoy; to startle. Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.
- spaceport2/5
spaceport
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- philibert2/5
philibert
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- birt2/5
birt
(Zoöl.) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. Written also Prov. Eng.burt ,bret , orbrut .
- filbert2/5
filbert
- noun small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
Corylus avellana grandis; Corylus avellana; cobnut.
- noun nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
cobnut; cob; hazelnut.
- noun small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
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lionheart
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pushcart
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
handcart; go-cart; cart.
- he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
- their pushcart was piled high with groceries
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
- engelbert2/5
engelbert
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- roquefort2/5
roquefort
- noun French blue cheese
- noun French blue cheese
- osbert2/5
osbert
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- teleport2/5
teleport
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- dagobert2/5
dagobert
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- kart2/5
kart
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- voldemort2/5
voldemort
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- dilbert2/5
dilbert
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- ethelbert2/5
ethelbert
- noun Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616)
- noun Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616)
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- camembert2/5
camembert
- noun rich soft creamy French cheese
- noun rich soft creamy French cheese
- gerbert2/5
gerbert
- noun French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003)
Sylvester II.
- noun French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003)
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- peart2/5
peart
Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.as, she is quite .peart to-dayThere was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592).
- reinsert2/5
reinsert
To insert again.
- frt2/5
- controvert2/5
controvert
- verb be resistant to
contradict; oppose.
- The board opposed his motion
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
rebut; refute.
- verb be resistant to
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- handcart2/5
handcart
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
go-cart; cart; pushcart.
- he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
- their pushcart was piled high with groceries
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
- contort2/5
contort
- verb twist and press out of shape
wring; distort; deform.
- verb twist and press out of shape
- mugwort2/5
mugwort
- noun any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
- noun any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
- seyfert2/5
seyfert
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- culbert2/5
culbert
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- disconcert2/5
disconcert
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; discomfit.
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
- apert2/5
apert
Open; evdent; undisguised. Archaic Fotherby.
- hillfort2/5
hillfort
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- kickstart2/5
kickstart
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- hert2/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- bogaert2/5
bogaert
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- inexpert2/5
inexpert
- adjective satellite lacking professional skill or expertise
unskilled; amateurish; amateur.
- a very amateurish job
- inexpert but conscientious efforts
- an unskilled painting
- adjective satellite lacking professional skill or expertise
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sherbert
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
sherbet.
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
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mansart
- noun French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666)
Francois Mansart.
- noun French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666)
- quirt2/5
quirt
- noun whip with a leather thong at the end
- noun whip with a leather thong at the end
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- sievert2/5
sievert
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- oxcart2/5
oxcart
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- sart1/5
sart
An assart, or clearing. Obs. Bailey.
- cavort1/5
cavort
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb play boisterously
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forepart
- noun the side that is forward or prominent
front; front end.
- noun the side that is forward or prominent
- subreport1/5
subreport
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- ouvert1/5
ouvert
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- disport1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
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heliport
- noun an airport for helicopters
- noun an airport for helicopters
- cotransport1/5
cotransport
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- sibert1/5
sibert
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- nonexpert1/5
nonexpert
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schweinfurt
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- underreport1/5
underreport
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- gart1/5
gart
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semidesert
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
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ragwort
- noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
Senecio jacobaea; benweed; ragweed; tansy ragwort.
- noun American ragwort with yellow flowers
Senecio glabellus; butterweed.
- noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
- apport1/5
apport
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redstart
- noun flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
Setophaga ruticilla; American redstart.
- noun European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
redtail.
- noun flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
- bort1/5
bort
Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.
- extravert1/5
extravert
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
extrovert.
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
extroverted; extravertive; extrovertive; extraverted; extrovert.
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
- poort1/5
poort
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resort
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
resort hotel; holiday resort.
- noun a frequently visited place
stamping ground; hangout; haunt; repair.
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
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covert
- noun a flock of coots
- noun a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
concealment; screen; cover.
- a screen of trees afforded privacy
- under cover of darkness
- the brush provided a covert for game
- the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
- noun a flock of coots
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spoilsport
- noun someone who spoils the pleasure of others
party pooper; killjoy; wet blanket.
- noun someone who spoils the pleasure of others
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liverwort
- noun any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
hepatic.
- noun any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
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assort
- verb keep company with; hang out with
associate; affiliate; consort.
- He associates with strange people
- She affiliates with her colleagues
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; sort out; class; classify.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- verb keep company with; hang out with
- reexport1/5
reexport
To export again, as what has been imported.
- outport1/5
outport
- noun a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
- noun a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
- nart1/5
nart
Art not. Obs. Chaucer.
- reconvert1/5
reconvert
- verb convert back
- Hollywood is reconverting old films
- verb convert back
- nonsupport1/5
nonsupport
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- boggart1/5
boggart
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- backcourt1/5
backcourt
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motherwort
- noun bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
Leonurus cardiaca.
- noun bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
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underskirt
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
petticoat; half-slip.
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
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dogcart
- noun a cart drawn by a dog
- noun a cart drawn by a dog
- appert1/5
appert
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- sirt1/5
sirt
A quicksand. Obs.
- confort1/5
comfort
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
comfortableness.
- he is a man who enjoys his comfort
- she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair
- noun a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
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airt
- verb channel into a new direction
redirect.
- redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists
- verb channel into a new direction
- blackshirt1/5
blackshirt
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
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gurt
(Mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift. Page.
- raport1/5
raport
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- cuisinart1/5
cuisinart
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- dissert1/5
dissert
To discourse or dispute; to discuss. R.We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary. Jeffrey.
- udmurt1/5
udmurt
- noun a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
Votyak.
- noun the Finnic language spoken by the Votyak
Votyak.
- noun a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
- begirt1/5
begirt
To encompass; to begird. Milton.
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applecart
- noun the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'
- noun a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
- noun the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'
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rochechouart
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spirt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; squirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
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worrywart
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
worrier; fuss-budget; fusspot.
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
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lakeport
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- compart1/5
compart
- verb lay out in parts according to a plan
- verb lay out in parts according to a plan
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outskirt
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
fringe.
- they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
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figwort
- noun any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia
- noun any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia
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overskirt
- noun an outer skirt worn over another skirt
- noun an outer skirt worn over another skirt
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ecart
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lungwort
(Bot.) (a) An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis ), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.(b) Any plant of the genus Gray.Mertensia (esp.M. Virginica andM. Sibirica ) plants nearly related toPulmonaria . The American lungwort isMertensia Virginica , Virginia cowslip.
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scart
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bistort
(Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
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amort
- adjective satellite utterly cast down
- adjective satellite utterly cast down
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greatheart
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soapwort
- noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
bouncing Bess; hedge pink; Saponaria officinalis; bouncing Bet.
- noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
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interconvert
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overexert
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
- don't overexert yourself when exercising!
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
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redshirt
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pairt
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blackheart
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- noun heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry
blackheart cherry.
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
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spiderwort
- noun any plant of the family Commelinaceae
dayflower.
- noun any plant of the family Commelinaceae
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animadvert
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
speak up; opine; sound off; speak out.
- John spoke up at the meeting
- verb express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
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myrt
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goeppert
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pennywort
(Bot.) A European trailing herb ( Linaria Cymbalaria ) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets.
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misreport
To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
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spleenwort
- noun any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
- noun any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
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bladderwort
- noun any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
- noun any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
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ibert
- noun French composer (1890-1962)
Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert.
- noun French composer (1890-1962)
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hyperalert
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milkwort
- noun any of various plants of the genus Polygala
- noun any of various plants of the genus Polygala
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malapert
Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. Shak. --n. A malapert person. Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use of my authority ? Dryden.
--Mal"a*pert`ly , adv. --Mal"a*pert`ness , n.
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overreport
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reimport
To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young.
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mouthpart
- noun any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
- noun any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
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lawcourt
- noun a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
court; court of law; court of justice.
- noun a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
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aristocort
- noun a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent
triamcinolone; Kenalog; Aristopak.
- noun a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent
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thort
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sandwort
- noun loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
Moehringia mucosa.
- noun low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers
Moehringia lateriflora.
- noun loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
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ribwort
- noun an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
narrow-leaved plantain; English plantain; ripple-grass; buckthorn; Plantago lanceolata; ribgrass.
- noun an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
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nonart
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lousewort
(Bot.) Any species of Pedicularis , a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.
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stitchwort
- noun low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
greater stitchwort; starwort; Stellaria holostea.
- noun low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
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butterwort
- noun any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
- noun any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
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glasswort
- noun bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Salsola soda; kelpwort; kali; barilla; Salsola kali; saltwort.
- noun fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
Salicornia europaea; samphire.
- noun bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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start
- noun the beginning of anything
- it was off to a good start
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; offset; beginning; commencement; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun the beginning of anything
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hornwort
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- noun liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
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antivert
- noun an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness
meclizine hydrochloride; meclizine.
- noun an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness
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aport
(Naut.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
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jetport
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gunport
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presort
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starwort
- noun low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
greater stitchwort; stitchwort; Stellaria holostea.
- noun low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
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woundwort
(Bot.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys .
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uncomfort
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brownshirt
- noun a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
- noun a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
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spart
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seroconvert
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counterfort
(Fort.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.
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hoopskirt
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
crinoline.
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
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dropwort
(Bot.) An Old World species of Spiræa (S. filipendula ), with finely cut leaves.
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birthwort
- noun creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
Aristolochia clematitis.
- noun creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
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preconcert
To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
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downcourt
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saltwort
- noun bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Salsola soda; kelpwort; kali; barilla; Salsola kali; glasswort.
- noun low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
Batis maritima.
- noun bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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discovert
(Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
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skart
(Zoöl.) The shag. Prov. Eng.
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watersport
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toothwort
- noun North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
crinkleroot; Dentaria diphylla; pepper root; crinkle root; crinkle-root; Cardamine diphylla.
- noun North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
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stitchwort
- noun low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
greater stitchwort; starwort; Stellaria holostea.
- noun low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
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colewort
- noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
kale; Brassica oleracea acephala; borecole; kail; cole.
- noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
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moonwort
- noun of America and Eurasia and Australia
Botrychium lunaria; common moonwort.
- noun of America and Eurasia and Australia
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sneezewort
- noun Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
Achillea ptarmica; sneezeweed yarrow.
- noun Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
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assart
(Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.
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moneywort
- noun a loosestrife vine
creeping Charlie; creeping Jenny; Lysimachia nummularia.
- noun a loosestrife vine
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important
- adjective of great significance or value
of import.
- important people
- the important questions of the day
- adjective important in effect or meaning
significant.
- a significant change in tax laws
- a significant change in the Constitution
- a significant contribution
- significant details
- statistically significant
- adjective of great significance or value
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further
- verb promote the growth of
foster.
- Foster our children's well-being and education
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb promote the growth of
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certain
- adjective satellite definite but not specified or identified
- set aside a certain sum each week
- to a certain degree
- certain breeds do not make good pets
- certain members have not paid their dues
- a certain popular teacher
- a certain Mrs. Jones
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
sure.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite definite but not specified or identified
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particular
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
specific.
- he always reasons from the particular to the general
- noun a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
item; detail.
- it was perfect in all details
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
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party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
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north
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
northward; due north; N.
- noun the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
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property
- noun something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
belongings; holding.
- that hat is my property
- he is a man of property
- noun a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
- a study of the physical properties of atomic particles
- noun something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
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particularly
- adverb to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
peculiarly; especially; specially.
- he was particularly fussy about spelling
- a particularly gruesome attack
- under peculiarly tragic circumstances
- an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger
- adverb specifically or especially distinguished from others
in particular.
- loves Bach, particularly his partitas
- recommended one book in particular
- trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular
- adverb to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
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earth
- noun the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
globe; world.
- the Earth moves around the sun
- he sailed around the world
- noun the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
ground.
- they dug into the earth outside the church
- noun the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
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department
- noun a specialized division of a large organization
section.
- you'll find it in the hardware department
- she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
- noun the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
- noun a specialized division of a large organization
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start
- noun the beginning of anything
- it was off to a good start
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; offset; beginning; commencement; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun the beginning of anything
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parts
- noun the local environment
- he hasn't been seen around these parts in years
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; portion; part; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun the local environment
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reported
- adjective made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account
- his reported opinion
- the reported findings
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account; describe.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- adjective made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account
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importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- the importance of a well-balanced diet
- noun a prominent status
grandness.
- a person of importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
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article
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- noun one of a class of artifacts
- an article of clothing
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
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certainly
- adverb definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
sure; sure enough; sure as shooting; surely; for certain; for sure.
- the results are surely encouraging
- she certainly is a hard worker
- it's going to be a good day for sure
- they are coming, for certain
- they thought he had been killed sure enough
- he'll win sure as shooting
- they sure smell good
- sure he'll come
- adverb definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
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party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
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opportunity
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
chance.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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property
- noun something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
belongings; holding.
- that hat is my property
- he is a man of property
- noun a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
- a study of the physical properties of atomic particles
- noun something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
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effort
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; endeavor; attempt; endeavour.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work
exertion; elbow grease; travail; sweat.
- he got an A for effort
- they managed only with great exertion
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
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report
- noun a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
written report; study.
- this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
- noun the act of informing by verbal report
account.
- he heard reports that they were causing trouble
- by all accounts they were a happy couple
- noun a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
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worth
- noun an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- 10 dollars worth of gasoline
- noun the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
- noun an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
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birth
- noun the time when something begins (especially life)
- they divorced after the birth of the child
- his election signaled the birth of a new age
- noun the event of being born
nativity; nascency; nascence.
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
- noun the time when something begins (especially life)
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northern
- adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- Northern liberals
- northern industry
- northern cities
- noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
- adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
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thirty
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
XXX; 30.
- adjective satellite being ten more than twenty
xxx; 30.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
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forth
- adverb from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
away; off.
- ran away from the lion
- wanted to get away from there
- sent the children away to boarding school
- the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal
- went off to school
- they drove off
- go forth and preach
- noun a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
Forth River.
- adverb from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
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opportunity
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
chance.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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supported
- adjective sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
- a club entirely supported by membership dues
- well-supported allegations
- verb give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
support; back up.
- She supported him during the illness
- Her children always backed her up
- adjective sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
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nevertheless
- adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
nonetheless; however; all the same; withal; even so; notwithstanding; still; yet.
- although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it
- while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed
- he was a stern yet fair master
- granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
- adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
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starting
- noun a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
start.
- he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital
- his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down; commence.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- noun a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
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fourth
- noun following the third position; number four in a countable series
- noun one of four equal parts
twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; quarter.
- a quarter of a pound
- noun following the third position; number four in a countable series
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court
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
tribunal; judicature.
- noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
courtroom.
- television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
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participation
- noun the act of sharing in the activities of a group
involution; engagement; involvement.
- the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities
- noun the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
involvement.
- noun the act of sharing in the activities of a group
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participant
- noun someone who takes part in an activity
- noun a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
player.
- noun someone who takes part in an activity
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martin
- noun any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
- noun French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
St. Martin.
- noun any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
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poverty
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
poorness; impoverishment.
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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arts
- noun studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
liberal arts; humanistic discipline; humanities.
- the college of arts and sciences
- noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
art; fine art.
- an art exhibition
- a fine collection of art
- noun studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
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article
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- noun one of a class of artifacts
- an article of clothing
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
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portion
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; part; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun something less than the whole of a human artifact
part.
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
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partner
- noun a person's partner in marriage
married person; spouse; mate; better half.
- noun an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
collaborator; cooperator; pardner.
- the musician and the librettist were collaborators
- sexual partners
- noun a person's partner in marriage
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furthermore
- adverb in addition; furthermore, their quality is improving"; moreover, mice nested there"
moreover; what is more.
- computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time
- the cellar was dark
- what is more, there's no sign of a change
- adverb in addition; furthermore, their quality is improving"; moreover, mice nested there"
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forty
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
XL; 40.
- adjective satellite being ten more than thirty
twoscore; xl; 40.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
- proportion5/5
proportion
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- noun magnitude or extent
dimension.
- a building of vast proportions
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- artist5/5
artist
- noun a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
creative person.
- noun a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
- sports5/5
sport
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
athletics.
- noun the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
- partners5/5
partner
- noun a person's partner in marriage
married person; spouse; mate; better half.
- noun an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
collaborator; cooperator; pardner.
- the musician and the librettist were collaborators
- sexual partners
- noun a person's partner in marriage
- liberty5/5
liberty
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
autonomy.
- noun freedom of choice
- liberty of opinion
- liberty of worship
- liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases
- at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
- unfortunately5/5
unfortunately
- adverb by bad luck
alas; unluckily; regrettably.
- unfortunately it rained all day
- alas, I cannot stay
- adverb by bad luck
- advertising5/5
advertising
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advert; advertisement; advertizement; advertizing.
- noun the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
publicizing.
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- virtue5/5
virtue
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
virtuousness; moral excellence.
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
merit.
- work of great merit
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- partly5/5
partly
- adverb in part; in some degree; not wholly
part; partially.
- I felt partly to blame
- He was partially paralyzed
- adverb in part; in some degree; not wholly
- quarter5/5
quarter
- noun one of four equal parts
twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; fourth.
- a quarter of a pound
- noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- the Latin Quarter
- noun one of four equal parts
- vertical5/5
vertical
- noun something that is oriented vertically
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
upright.
- the ball sailed between the uprights
- noun something that is oriented vertically
- artists5/5
artist
- noun a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
creative person.
- noun a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
- particles5/5
particle
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
speck; atom; molecule; corpuscle; mote.
- noun a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
subatomic particle.
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- partial5/5
partial
- noun the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
partial derivative.
- noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
partial tone; overtone.
- noun the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
- comfortable5/5
comfortable
- adjective providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
comfy.
- comfortable clothes
- comfortable suburban houses
- made himself comfortable in an armchair
- the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable
- are you comfortable?
- feeling comfy now?
- adjective free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind
- was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared
- the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong
- was comfortable in his religious beliefs
- she's a comfortable person to be with
- she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents
- adjective providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
- reporting5/5
reporting
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reportage; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account; describe.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- supporting5/5
supporting
- noun the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
support.
- he leaned against the wall for support
- verb give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
support; back up.
- She supported him during the illness
- Her children always backed her up
- noun the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- partnership5/5
partnership
- noun the members of a business venture created by contract
- noun a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
- effective language learning is a partnership between school, teacher and student
- the action teams worked in partnership with the government
- noun the members of a business venture created by contract
- participate5/5
participate
- verb share in something
take part.
- verb become a participant; be involved in
enter.
- enter a race
- enter an agreement
- enter a drug treatment program
- enter negotiations
- verb share in something
- virtually5/5
virtually
- adverb in essence or effect but not in fact
- the strike virtually paralyzed the city
- I'm virtually broke
- adverb (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
about; nigh; almost; most; near; nearly; well-nigh.
- the job is (just) about done
- the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded
- we're almost finished
- the car all but ran her down
- he nearly fainted
- talked for nigh onto 2 hours
- the recording is well-nigh perfect
- virtually all the parties signed the contract
- I was near exhausted by the run
- most everyone agrees
- adverb in essence or effect but not in fact
- virtual5/5
virtual
- adjective satellite being actually such in almost every respect
practical.
- a practical failure
- the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin
- adjective satellite existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
- a virtual dependence on charity
- a virtual revolution
- virtual reality
- adjective satellite being actually such in almost every respect
- arthur5/5
arthur
- noun elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
Chester Alan Arthur; President Arthur; Chester A. Arthur.
- noun a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
King Arthur.
- noun elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
- apartment5/5
apartment
- noun a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
flat.
- noun a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- transportation5/5
transportation
- noun a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
transit; transportation system.
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
transfer; conveyance; transport; transferral.
- noun a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
- experts5/5
expert
- noun a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
good; practiced; skillful; proficient; adept; skilful.
- adept in handicrafts
- an adept juggler
- an expert job
- a good mechanic
- a practiced marksman
- a proficient engineer
- a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
- the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
- noun a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- starts5/5
start
- noun the beginning of anything
- it was off to a good start
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; offset; beginning; commencement; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun the beginning of anything
- hearts5/5
hearts
- noun a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
Black Maria.
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
heart; bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
- uncertainty5/5
uncertainty
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
precariousness; uncertainness.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun the state of being unsure of something
dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
- shortly5/5
shortly
- adverb for a short time
- he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
- adverb in the near future
before long; soon; presently.
- the doctor will soon be here
- the book will appear shortly
- she will arrive presently
- we should have news before long
- adverb for a short time
- fortune5/5
fortune
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
chance; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- supports5/5
support
- noun the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- his support kept the family together
- they gave him emotional support during difficult times
- noun aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the president no longer has the support of his own party
- they developed a scheme of mutual support
- noun the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- particle5/5
particle
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
speck; atom; molecule; corpuscle; mote.
- noun a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
subatomic particle.
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- mortality5/5
mortality
- noun the quality or state of being mortal
- noun the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
fatality rate; deathrate; mortality rate; death rate.
- noun the quality or state of being mortal
- artificial5/5
artificial
- adjective contrived by art rather than nature
unreal.
- artificial flowers
- artificial flavoring
- an artificial diamond
- artificial fibers
- artificial sweeteners
- adjective satellite artificially formal
contrived; stilted; hokey.
- that artificial humility that her husband hated
- contrived coyness
- a stilted letter of acknowledgment
- when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
- adjective contrived by art rather than nature
- worthy5/5
worthy
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- he told his story to some conservative worthies
- local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable
- adjective having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
- a worthy fellow
- a worthy cause
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- courtesy5/5
courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- artistic5/5
artistic
- adjective relating to or characteristic of art or artists
- his artistic background
- adjective satellite satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities
- artistic workmanship
- adjective relating to or characteristic of art or artists
- departments5/5
department
- noun a specialized division of a large organization
section.
- you'll find it in the hardware department
- she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
- noun the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
- noun a specialized division of a large organization
- entertainment5/5
entertainment
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
amusement.
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
- converted5/5
converted
- adjective satellite spiritually reborn or converted
born-again; reborn.
- a born-again Christian
- verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
convert; change over.
- We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
- adjective satellite spiritually reborn or converted
- departure5/5
departure
- noun the act of departing
going away; going; leaving.
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; divergence.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of departing
- partially5/5
partially
- adverb in part; in some degree; not wholly
part; partly.
- I felt partly to blame
- He was partially paralyzed
- adverb in part; in some degree; not wholly
- quarters5/5
quarters
- noun housing available for people to live in
living quarters.
- he found quarters for his family
- I visited his bachelor quarters
- noun one of four equal parts
twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; fourth; quarter.
- a quarter of a pound
- noun housing available for people to live in
- expertise5/5
expertise
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
expertness.
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
- portrait5/5
portrait
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrayal; portraiture.
- noun any likeness of a person, in any medium
portrayal.
- the photographer made excellent portraits
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- quarterly5/5
quarterly
- noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of a quarter
- quarterly report
- noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- headquarters5/5
headquarters
- noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
central office; main office; home office; home base.
- many companies have their headquarters in New York
- noun the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
military headquarters; HQ.
- the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents
- noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
- artery5/5
artery
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
arteria; arterial blood vessel.
- noun a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
- portfolio5/5
portfolio
- noun a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather
- he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio
- noun a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers
- the artist had put together a portfolio of his work
- every actor has a portfolio of photographs
- noun a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather
- farther5/5
farther
- adjective satellite more distant in especially space or time
- they live in the farther house
- adjective satellite more distant in especially degree
further.
- nothing could be further from the truth
- further from our expectations
- farther from the truth
- farther from our expectations
- adjective satellite more distant in especially space or time
- sorts5/5
sort
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
kind; form; variety.
- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
- noun an approximate definition or example
- she wore a sort of magenta dress
- she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- certificate5/5
certificate
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credential; credentials; certification.
- noun a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends
security.
- he held several valuable securities
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- charter5/5
charter
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- noun a contract to hire or lease transportation
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- uncertain5/5
uncertain
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
incertain; unsure.
- uncertain of his convictions
- unsure of himself and his future
- moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps
- an uncertain smile
- touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers
- adjective not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- an uncertain future
- a manuscript of uncertain origin
- plans are still uncertain
- changes of great if uncertain consequences
- without further evidence his story must remain uncertain
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- exports5/5
export
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
exportation.
- verb sell or transfer abroad
- we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
- undertaken5/5
undertake
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
set about; attempt.
- verb accept as a challenge
tackle; take on.
- I'll tackle this difficult task
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
- dirty5/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- shorter5/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- carter5/5
carter
- noun someone whose work is driving carts
- noun Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
Howard Carter.
- noun someone whose work is driving carts
- fourteen5/5
fourteen
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
14; XIV.
- adjective satellite being one more than thirteen
14; xiv.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
- birthday5/5
birthday
- noun an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
- noun the date on which a person was born
natal day.
- noun an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
- participant5/5
participant
- noun someone who takes part in an activity
- noun a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
player.
- noun someone who takes part in an activity
- orthodox5/5
orthodox
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- an orthodox view of the world
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
Jewish-Orthodox.
- Orthodox Judaism
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- certainty5/5
certainty
- noun the state of being certain
- his certainty reassured the others
- noun something that is certain
sure thing; foregone conclusion.
- his victory is a certainty
- noun the state of being certain
- imports5/5
import
- noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
importation.
- noun an imported person brought from a foreign country
importee.
- the lead role was played by an import from Sweden
- they are descendants of indentured importees
- noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- importantly5/5
importantly
- adverb in an important way or to an important degree
significantly.
- more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself
- adverb in an important way
- for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion
- adverb in an important way or to an important degree
- thirteen5/5
thirteen
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
long dozen; 13; XIII; baker's dozen.
- adjective satellite being one more than twelve
13; xiii.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
- fortunately5/5
fortunately
- adverb by good fortune
as luck would have it; luckily; fortuitously.
- fortunately the weather was good
- adverb by good fortune
- reporter5/5
reporter
- noun a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
newsperson; newsman.
- noun a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
- virtues5/5
virtue
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
virtuousness; moral excellence.
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
merit.
- work of great merit
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- inserted5/5
insert
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- noun an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
inset.
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- supporters5/5
supporter
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
champion; protagonist; admirer; friend; booster.
- all their supporters came out for the game
- they are friends of the library
- noun someone who supports or champions something
sponsor; patron.
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- abortion5/5
abortion
- noun termination of pregnancy
- noun failure of a plan
miscarriage.
- noun termination of pregnancy
- mortgage5/5
mortgage
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- verb put up as security or collateral
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- participating5/5
participating
- adjective satellite taking part in an activity
active.
- an active member of the club
- he was politically active
- the participating organizations
- verb share in something
take part; participate.
- adjective satellite taking part in an activity
- portions5/5
portion
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; part; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun something less than the whole of a human artifact
part.
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
- assertion5/5
assertion
- noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
averment; asseveration.
- noun the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
affirmation; statement.
- noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- asserted5/5
asserted
- adjective satellite confidently declared to be so
- the asserted value of the painting
- verb state categorically
assert; asseverate; maintain.
- adjective satellite confidently declared to be so
- ports5/5
port
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- noun sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
port wine.
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- imported5/5
imported
- adjective satellite used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source
- imported wines
- verb bring in from abroad
import.
- adjective satellite used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source
- artillery5/5
artillery
- noun large but transportable armament
heavy weapon; ordnance; gun.
- noun an army unit that uses big guns
artillery unit.
- noun large but transportable armament
- cortex5/5
cortex
- noun the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
pallium; cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle.
- noun the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
- noun the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
- northwest5/5
northwest
- noun the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point
- noun the northwestern region of the United States
northwestern United States.
- noun the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point
- roberts5/5
robert
- noun United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
Henry Martyn Robert; Henry M. Robert.
- noun United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
- uncomfortable5/5
uncomfortable
- adjective conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
- this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable
- the uncomfortable truth
- grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye
- an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest
- the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable
- adjective providing or experiencing physical discomfort
- an uncomfortable chair
- an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
- adjective conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
- portuguese5/5
portuguese
Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. --n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
- proportional5/5
proportional
- noun one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
- adjective satellite properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
relative.
- the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
- earnings relative to production
- noun one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
- fertility5/5
fertility
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
birthrate; birth rate; fertility rate; natality.
- noun the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
fecundity.
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
- undertake5/5
undertake
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
set about; attempt.
- verb accept as a challenge
tackle; take on.
- I'll tackle this difficult task
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
- unfortunate5/5
unfortunate
- noun a person who suffers misfortune
unfortunate person.
- adjective not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
- an unfortunate turn of events
- an unfortunate decision
- unfortunate investments
- an unfortunate night for all concerned
- noun a person who suffers misfortune
- supportive5/5
supportive
- adjective furnishing support or assistance
- a supportive family network
- his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer
- adjective furnishing support or assistance
- participated5/5
participate
- verb share in something
take part.
- verb become a participant; be involved in
enter.
- enter a race
- enter an agreement
- enter a drug treatment program
- enter negotiations
- verb share in something
- torture5/5
torture
- noun extreme mental distress
torment; anguish.
- noun unbearable physical pain
torment.
- noun extreme mental distress
- porter5/5
porter
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- noun someone who guards an entrance
ostiary; gatekeeper; door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; hall porter.
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- martha5/5
martha
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- hypertension5/5
hypertension
- noun a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
high blood pressure.
- noun a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
- charts5/5
chart
- noun a visual display of information
- noun a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
- noun a visual display of information
- partition5/5
partition
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
divider.
- noun (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- dissertation5/5
dissertation
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
thesis.
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
- proportions5/5
proportion
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- noun magnitude or extent
dimension.
- a building of vast proportions
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- certification5/5
certification
- noun the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
enfranchisement.
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
documentation; corroboration.
- noun the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
- undertaking5/5
undertaking
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; task; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun the trade of a funeral director
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- fortunate5/5
fortunate
- adjective having unexpected good fortune
- other, less fortunate, children died
- a fortunate choice
- adjective satellite supremely favored
golden.
- golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust
- adjective having unexpected good fortune
- counterparts5/5
counterpart
- noun a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
vis-a-vis; opposite number.
- noun a duplicate copy
similitude; twin.
- noun a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
- puerto5/5
puerto
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- northeast5/5
northeast
- noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
NE; northeastward; nor'-east.
- noun the northeastern region of the United States
northeastern United States.
- noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
- departed5/5
departed
- noun someone who is no longer alive
dead person; decedent; deceased person; dead soul; deceased.
- I wonder what the dead person would have done
- verb move away from a place into another direction
go; go away; depart.
- Go away before I start to cry
- The train departs at noon
- noun someone who is no longer alive
- norton5/5
norton
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- portugal5/5
portugal
- noun a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
Portuguese Republic.
- noun a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
- insertion5/5
insertion
- noun a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
interpolation.
- with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told
- with many insertions in the margins
- noun the act of putting one thing into another
introduction; intromission.
- noun a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
- partnerships5/5
partnership
- noun the members of a business venture created by contract
- noun a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
- effective language learning is a partnership between school, teacher and student
- the action teams worked in partnership with the government
- noun the members of a business venture created by contract
- mortal5/5
mortal
- noun a human being
someone; somebody; soul; person; individual.
- there was too much for one person to do
- adjective subject to death
- mortal beings
- noun a human being
- certified5/5
certified
- adjective endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
- a certified public accountant
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- adjective endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
- reporters5/5
reporter
- noun a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
newsperson; newsman.
- noun a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
- hitherto5/5
hitherto
- adverb used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
til now; so far; up to now; heretofore; thus far; until now; as yet; yet.
- So far he hasn't called
- the sun isn't up yet
- adverb used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- articulated5/5
articulated
- adjective consisting of segments held together by joints
articulate.
- verb provide with a joint
joint; articulate.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- adjective consisting of segments held together by joints
- earthquake5/5
earthquake
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
seism; temblor; quake.
- noun a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
- selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- portrayed5/5
portrayed
- adjective satellite represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
depicted; pictured.
- verb portray in words
portray.
- The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
- adjective satellite represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
- arthritis5/5
arthritis
- noun inflammation of a joint or joints
- noun inflammation of a joint or joints
- arterial5/5
arterial
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
- arterial disease
- the arterial system
- arterial blood
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
- fourteenth5/5
fourteenth
- noun position 14 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite coming next after the thirteenth in position
14th.
- noun position 14 in a countable series of things
- earthly5/5
earthly
- adjective of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
- earthly beings
- believed that our earthly life is all that matters
- earthly love
- our earthly home
- adjective of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
- curtain5/5
curtain
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
drape; pall; drapery; mantle.
- noun any barrier to communication or vision
- a curtain of secrecy
- a curtain of trees
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- artifacts5/5
artifact
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
artefact.
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
- forthcoming5/5
forthcoming
- adjective satellite at ease in talking to others
extroverted; outgoing.
- adjective satellite of the relatively near future
coming; upcoming; approaching.
- the approaching election
- this coming Thursday
- the forthcoming holidays
- the upcoming spring fashions
- adjective satellite at ease in talking to others
- portal5/5
portal
- noun a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
- the portals of the cathedral
- the portals of heaven
- the portals of success
- noun a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
portal site.
- a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.
- noun a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
- startled5/5
startled
- adjective satellite excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
- students startled by the teacher's quiet return
- the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons
- her startled expression
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; startle; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- adjective satellite excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
- transported4/5
transport
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
conveyance.
- noun an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
- deserted4/5
deserted
- adjective satellite forsaken by owner or inhabitants
derelict; abandoned.
- weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desolate; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- adjective satellite forsaken by owner or inhabitants
- articulate4/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- portraits4/5
portrait
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrayal; portraiture.
- noun any likeness of a person, in any medium
portrayal.
- the photographer made excellent portraits
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- fertile4/5
fertile
- adjective capable of reproducing
- adjective satellite intellectually productive
fecund; prolific.
- a prolific writer
- a fecund imagination
- adjective capable of reproducing
- fortress4/5
fortress
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fort.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
- arteries4/5
artery
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
arteria; arterial blood vessel.
- noun a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
- martial4/5
martial
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
soldierlike; warriorlike; soldierly.
- a military bearing
- noun Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
- distortion4/5
distortion
- noun a change for the worse
deformation.
- noun a shape resulting from distortion
distorted shape.
- noun a change for the worse
- asserts4/5
assert
- verb state categorically
asseverate; maintain.
- verb to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
avow; affirm; verify; swan; swear; aver.
- Before God I swear I am innocent
- verb state categorically
- courtyard4/5
courtyard
- noun an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
court.
- the house was built around an inner court
- noun an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- distorted4/5
distorted
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
deformed; misshapen; ill-shapen; malformed.
- deformed thalidomide babies
- his poor distorted limbs
- an ill-shapen vase
- a limp caused by a malformed foot
- misshapen old fingers
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort; garble.
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
- liberties4/5
liberty
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
autonomy.
- noun freedom of choice
- liberty of opinion
- liberty of worship
- liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases
- at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
- shortage4/5
shortage
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
shortfall; deficit.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; dearth.
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- robertson4/5
robertson
- noun United States basketball guard (born in 1938)
Oscar Robertson; Oscar Palmer Robertson.
- noun United States basketball guard (born in 1938)
- wartime4/5
wartime
- noun a period of time during which there is armed conflict
- noun a period of time during which there is armed conflict
- certificates4/5
certificate
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credential; credentials; certification.
- noun a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends
security.
- he held several valuable securities
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- portable4/5
portable
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- adjective easily or conveniently transported
- a portable television set
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- converts4/5
convert
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
change over.
- We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- pertinent4/5
pertinent
- adjective satellite having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
- a list of articles pertinent to the discussion
- remarks that were to the point
- adjective satellite being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
apposite; apt.
- the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images
- an apt reply
- adjective satellite having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
- shirts4/5
shirt
- noun a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- verb put a shirt on
- noun a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- fortunes4/5
fortune
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
chance; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- converting4/5
convert
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
change over.
- We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- thirteenth4/5
thirteenth
- noun position 13 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite coming next after the twelfth in position
13th.
- noun position 13 in a countable series of things
- pertaining4/5
pertain
- verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb be a part or attribute of
appertain.
- verb be relevant to
- advertisement4/5
advertisement
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advert; advertising; advertizement; advertizing.
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- cortical4/5
cortical
- adjective of or relating to a cortex
- adjective of or relating to a cortex
- descartes4/5
descartes
- noun French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
Rene Descartes.
- noun French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
- advertisements4/5
advertisement
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advert; advertising; advertizement; advertizing.
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- ascertain4/5
ascertain
- verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
find out; find; determine.
- find the product of two numbers
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- portland4/5
portland
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- noun largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- particulars4/5
particular
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
specific.
- he always reasons from the particular to the general
- noun a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
item; detail.
- it was perfect in all details
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- sporting4/5
sporting
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
sporty; clean; sportsmanlike.
- a clean fight
- a sporting solution of the disagreement
- sportsmanlike conduct
- verb wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
sport; feature; boast.
- she was sporting a new hat
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- worthwhile4/5
worthwhile
- adjective satellite sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest
- a worthwhile book
- adjective satellite sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest
- burton4/5
burton
(Naut.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended of a hook block in the bight of the running part.
- virtuous4/5
virtuous
- adjective morally excellent
- adjective satellite in a state of sexual virginity
virginal; virgin; vestal; pure.
- pure and vestal modesty
- a spinster or virgin lady
- men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
- adjective morally excellent
- apartments4/5
apartment
- noun a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
flat.
- noun a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- compartment4/5
compartment
- noun a space into which an area is subdivided
- noun a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
- noun a space into which an area is subdivided
- parted4/5
parted
- adjective satellite having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
- verb go one's own way; move apart
part; split; separate.
- The friends separated after the party
- adjective satellite having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
- articulation4/5
articulation
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
juncture; joint; junction; join.
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- partisan4/5
partisan
- noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something
zealot; drumbeater.
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
enthusiast; partizan.
- noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- entertained4/5
entertained
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
diverted; amused.
- We are not amused" -Queen Victoria
- verb provide entertainment for
entertain.
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
- curtains4/5
curtain
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
drape; pall; drapery; mantle.
- noun any barrier to communication or vision
- a curtain of secrecy
- a curtain of trees
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- sorting4/5
sorting
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
sort.
- the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
- noun the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
categorisation; categorization; classification.
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- aortic4/5
aortic
- adjective of or relating to the aorta
aortal.
- adjective of or relating to the aorta
- entertain4/5
entertain
- verb provide entertainment for
- verb take into consideration, have in view
think of; think about; flirt with; toy with.
- He entertained the notion of moving to South America
- verb provide entertainment for
- entertaining4/5
entertaining
- adjective satellite agreeably diverting
- an entertaining puppet show
- films should be entertaining
- verb provide entertainment for
entertain.
- adjective satellite agreeably diverting
- immortal4/5
immortal
- noun a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- Shakespeare is one of the immortals
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god; deity; divinity.
- noun a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- mccarthy4/5
mccarthy
- noun United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
Mary Therese McCarthy; Mary McCarthy.
- noun United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)
Joseph McCarthy; Joseph Raymond McCarthy.
- noun United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
- curtis4/5
curtis
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
William Curtis.
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
- schwartz4/5
schwartz
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- participatory4/5
participatory
- adjective satellite affording the opportunity for individual participation
- participatory democracy
- adjective satellite affording the opportunity for individual participation
- morton4/5
morton
- noun United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
Jelly Roll Morton; Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton.
- noun United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
- exerted4/5
exert
- verb put to use
exercise.
- exert one's power or influence
- verb have and exercise
maintain; wield.
- wield power and authority
- verb put to use
- comfortably4/5
comfortably
- adverb in mental comfort; without stress
- he works comfortably on three continents
- adverb in physical comfort
- she could have been lying comfortably in bed getting the same relief
- adverb in mental comfort; without stress
- noteworthy4/5
noteworthy
- adjective satellite worthy of notice
notable.
- a noteworthy advance in cancer research
- adjective satellite worthy of notice
remarkable.
- a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain
- a remarkable achievement
- adjective satellite worthy of notice
- misfortune4/5
misfortune
- noun unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
bad luck.
- noun an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
ill luck; tough luck; bad luck.
- noun unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
- hearted4/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- tertiary4/5
tertiary
- adjective satellite coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
3rd; third.
- noun from 63 million to 2 million years ago
Tertiary period.
- adjective satellite coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
- immortality4/5
immortality
- noun the quality or state of being immortal
- noun perpetual life after death
- noun the quality or state of being immortal
- repertoire4/5
repertoire
- noun the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
repertory.
- the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism
- has a large repertory of dialects and characters
- noun a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
repertory.
- noun the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
- births4/5
birth
- noun the time when something begins (especially life)
- they divorced after the birth of the child
- his election signaled the birth of a new age
- noun the event of being born
nativity; nascency; nascence.
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
- noun the time when something begins (especially life)
- apartheid4/5
apartheid
- noun a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
- noun a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
- cartilage4/5
cartilage
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
gristle.
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
- mortar4/5
mortar
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
howitzer; trench mortar.
- noun used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- asserting4/5
asserting
- adjective relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
declarative; declaratory.
- verb state categorically
assert; asseverate; maintain.
- adjective relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- shortcomings4/5
shortcoming
- noun a failing or deficiency
defect.
- that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information
- noun a failing or deficiency
- undertook4/5
undertake
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
set about; attempt.
- verb accept as a challenge
tackle; take on.
- I'll tackle this difficult task
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
- uncertainties4/5
uncertainty
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
precariousness; uncertainness.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun the state of being unsure of something
dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
- vertically4/5
vertically
- adverb in a vertical direction
- a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally
- adverb in a vertical direction
- orthodoxy4/5
orthodoxy
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- noun a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- startling4/5
startling
- adjective satellite so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
- Sydney's startling new Opera House
- startling news
- startling earthquake shocks
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; startle; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- adjective satellite so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
- northwestern4/5
northwestern
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northwest
northwest; northwesterly.
- adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northwest
- inverted4/5
inverted
- adjective satellite being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
upside-down.
- a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma
- an upside-down cake
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
invert.
- here the theme is inverted
- adjective satellite being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
- assertions4/5
assertion
- noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
averment; asseveration.
- noun the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
affirmation; statement.
- noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- aperture4/5
aperture
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- noun a natural opening in something
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- quartz4/5
quartz
- noun colorless glass made of almost pure silica
quartz glass; crystal; lechatelierite; vitreous silica.
- noun a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
- noun colorless glass made of almost pure silica
- concerts4/5
concert
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- overthrow4/5
overthrow
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body
upset; derangement.
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- vertex4/5
vertex
- noun the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
- noun the highest point (of something)
apex; peak; acme.
- at the peak of the pyramid
- noun the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
- turtle4/5
turtle
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtleneck; polo-neck.
- noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- inertia4/5
inertia
- noun a disposition to remain inactive or inert
inactivity; inactiveness.
- he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work
- noun (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
- noun a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- inserting4/5
insert
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- noun an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
inset.
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- worthless4/5
worthless
- adjective lacking in usefulness or value
- a worthless idler
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
unworthy; vile; slimy; wretched; ugly; despicable.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
- adjective lacking in usefulness or value
- parting4/5
parting
- noun the act of departing politely
leave; farewell; leave-taking.
- he disliked long farewells
- he took his leave
- parting is such sweet sorrow
- noun a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
part.
- his part was right in the middle
- noun the act of departing politely
- exported4/5
export
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
exportation.
- verb sell or transfer abroad
- we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
- tortured4/5
tortured
- adjective satellite experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
anguished; tormented.
- an anguished conscience
- a small tormented schoolboy
- a tortured witness to another's humiliation
- verb torment emotionally or mentally
torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
- adjective satellite experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
- courtroom4/5
courtroom
- noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
court.
- television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
- noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
- wordsworth4/5
wordsworth
- noun a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)
William Wordsworth.
- noun a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)
- sorted4/5
sorted
- adjective satellite arranged according to size
- verb examine in order to test suitability
sort; screen; screen out; sieve.
- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
- adjective satellite arranged according to size
- henceforth4/5
henceforth
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
henceforward.
- henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
- consortium4/5
consortium
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
pool; syndicate.
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
- fortified4/5
fortified
- adjective satellite secured with bastions or fortifications
bastioned.
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; fortify; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- adjective satellite secured with bastions or fortifications
- shorts4/5
shorts
- noun trousers that end at or above the knee
trunks; short pants.
- noun underpants worn by men
underdrawers; drawers; boxers; boxershorts.
- noun trousers that end at or above the knee
- advertised4/5
advertised
- adjective satellite called to public attention
- these advertised products
- verb call attention to
publicise; advertise; publicize; advertize.
- Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS
- adjective satellite called to public attention
- reportedly4/5
reportedly
- adverb according to reports or other information
- she was reportedly his mistress for many years
- adverb according to reports or other information
- shortcut4/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- comforting4/5
comforting
- adjective satellite providing freedom from worry
cheering; satisfying.
- verb give moral or emotional strength to
soothe; comfort; console; solace.
- adjective satellite providing freedom from worry
- cartoon4/5
cartoon
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
sketch.
- noun a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
animated cartoon; toon.
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- nurture4/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- hurts4/5
hurt
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; injury; trauma.
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; distress.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- shortest4/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- fertilizer4/5
fertilizer
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
plant food; fertiliser.
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
- hearth4/5
hearth
- noun an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
fireplace; open fireplace.
- the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it
- he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
- the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
- noun home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
fireside.
- driven from hearth and home
- fighting in defense of their firesides
- noun an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
- artwork4/5
artwork
- noun photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
nontextual matter; graphics; art.
- the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book
- noun photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
- martinez4/5
martinez
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- portray4/5
portray
- verb portray in words
- The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
- verb make a portrait of
depict; limn.
- Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
- verb portray in words
- barton4/5
barton
The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. Eng. Burton.
- portrayal4/5
portrayal
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portraiture; portrait.
- noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
enactment; personation; characterization.
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- alberta4/5
alberta
- noun one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals
- noun one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals
- earthquakes4/5
earthquake
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
seism; temblor; quake.
- noun a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
- selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- hurting4/5
hurting
- noun a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
pain.
- the patient developed severe pain and distension
- verb be the source of pain
ache; smart; hurt.
- noun a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
- martyr4/5
martyr
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
sufferer.
- noun one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
- kindergarten4/5
kindergarten
- noun a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
- noun a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
- northeastern4/5
northeastern
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northeast
northeasterly; northeast.
- the northeasterly part of the island
- adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northeast
- exporting4/5
exporting
- noun the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
exportation.
- verb sell or transfer abroad
export.
- we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance
- noun the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
- nurturing4/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- skirts4/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- portfolios4/5
portfolio
- noun a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather
- he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio
- noun a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers
- the artist had put together a portfolio of his work
- every actor has a portfolio of photographs
- noun a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather
- unworthy4/5
unworthy
- adjective lacking in value or merit
- dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy
- unworthy of forgiveness
- adjective satellite not deserving
undeserving.
- the undeserving poor
- adjective lacking in value or merit
- distortions4/5
distortion
- noun a change for the worse
deformation.
- noun a shape resulting from distortion
distorted shape.
- noun a change for the worse
- martyrs4/5
martyr
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
sufferer.
- noun one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
- childbirth4/5
childbirth
- noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
childbearing; vaginal birth; accouchement.
- noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
- vertebral4/5
vertebral
- adjective of or relating to or constituting vertebrae
- adjective of or relating to or constituting vertebrae
- importing4/5
importing
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
importation.
- verb bring in from abroad
import.
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
- puberty4/5
puberty
- noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
pubescence.
- noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
- shortages4/5
shortage
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
shortfall; deficit.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; dearth.
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- impartial4/5
impartial
- adjective showing lack of favoritism
- the cold neutrality of an impartial judge
- adjective free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
unprejudiced.
- an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons
- the impartial eye of a scientist
- adjective showing lack of favoritism
- artifact4/5
artifact
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
artefact.
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
- thirties4/5
thirties
- noun the time of life between 30 and 40
thirty-something; mid-thirties.
- noun the decade from 1930 to 1939
1930s.
- noun the time of life between 30 and 40
- ascertained4/5
ascertained
- adjective satellite discovered or determined by scientific observation
discovered; observed.
- variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors
- the discovered behavior norms
- discovered differences in achievement
- no explanation for the observed phenomena
- verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
find out; find; determine; ascertain.
- find the product of two numbers
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
- adjective satellite discovered or determined by scientific observation
- overtime4/5
overtime
- noun work done in addition to regular working hours
- noun playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
extra time.
- noun work done in addition to regular working hours
- artisans4/5
artisan
- noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
journeyman; artificer; craftsman.
- noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
- escorted4/5
escort
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
bodyguard.
- noun the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
accompaniment.
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- hearty4/5
hearty
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- gave us a cordial reception
- a hearty welcome
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; square; satisfying.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- marty4/5
marty
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vertices4/5
vertex
- noun the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
- noun the highest point (of something)
apex; peak; acme.
- at the peak of the pyramid
- noun the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
- supporter4/5
supporter
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
champion; protagonist; admirer; friend; booster.
- all their supporters came out for the game
- they are friends of the library
- noun someone who supports or champions something
sponsor; patron.
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- unimportant4/5
unimportant
- adjective not important
- a relatively unimportant feature of the system
- the question seems unimportant
- adjective devoid of importance, meaning, or force
insignificant.
- adjective not important
- sartre4/5
sartre
- noun French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
Jean-Paul Sartre.
- noun French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
- parte4/5
part
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; portion; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun something less than the whole of a human artifact
portion.
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
- exertion4/5
exertion
- noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work
elbow grease; effort; travail; sweat.
- he got an A for effort
- they managed only with great exertion
- noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work
- rebirth4/5
rebirth
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
metempsychosis.
- noun a second or new birth
reincarnation; renascence.
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
- barth4/5
barth
A place of shelter for cattle. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
- shortened4/5
shortened
- adjective satellite cut short
sawed-off; sawn-off.
- a sawed-off shotgun
- a sawed-off broomstick
- the shortened rope was easier to use
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
shorten.
- He shortened his trip due to illness
- adjective satellite cut short
- gertrude4/5
gertrude
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- inadvertently4/5
inadvertently
- adverb without knowledge or intention
unknowingly; unwittingly.
- he unwittingly deleted the references
- adverb without knowledge or intention
- courthouse4/5
courthouse
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- noun a building that houses judicial courts
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- aorta4/5
aorta
- noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- departmental4/5
departmental
- adjective of or relating to a department
- departmental policy
- adjective of or relating to a department
- diverted4/5
diverted
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
entertained; amused.
- We are not amused" -Queen Victoria
- verb turn aside; turn away from
divert; deviate.
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
- fertilization4/5
fertilization
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
impregnation; fecundation; fertilisation.
- noun making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
dressing; fecundation; fertilisation.
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- cartesian4/5
cartesian
Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy. The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.
- partitioning4/5
partitioning
- noun an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
breakdown.
- noun the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
division; sectionalization; partition; segmentation; sectionalisation.
- noun an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
- orthogonal4/5
orthogonal
- adjective satellite not pertinent to the matter under consideration
impertinent; extraneous; immaterial.
- an issue extraneous to the debate
- the price was immaterial
- mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
- adjective satellite statistically unrelated
- adjective satellite not pertinent to the matter under consideration
- resorts4/5
resort
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
resort hotel; holiday resort.
- noun a frequently visited place
stamping ground; hangout; haunt; repair.
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
- convertible4/5
convertible
- noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- noun a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
convertible security.
- noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- forts4/5
fort
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fortress.
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- trustworthy4/5
trustworthy
- adjective worthy of trust or belief
trusty.
- a trustworthy report
- an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion
- adjective satellite taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations
- trustworthy public servants
- adjective worthy of trust or belief
- intertwined4/5
intertwine
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
twine; lace; interlace; enlace; entwine.
- intertwine the ribbons
- Twine the threads into a rope
- intertwined hearts
- verb make lacework by knotting or looping
tat.
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
- concerted4/5
concerted
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
conjunct; cooperative; conjunctive.
- concerted action
- the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind
- the conjunctive focus of political opposition
- a cooperative effort
- a united effort
- joint military activities
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
concert.
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
- outskirts4/5
outskirts
- noun outlying areas (as of a city or town)
- they lived on the outskirts of Houston
- they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
fringe; outskirt.
- they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
- noun outlying areas (as of a city or town)
- heartily4/5
heartily
- adverb with gusto and without reservation
- the boy threw himself heartily into his work
- adverb in a hearty manner
cordially; warmly.
- `Yes,' the children chorused heartily
- We welcomed her warmly
- adverb with gusto and without reservation
- macarthur4/5
macarthur
- noun United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
Douglas MacArthur.
- noun United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
- martyrdom4/5
martyrdom
- noun death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
- noun any experience that causes intense suffering
calvary.
- noun death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
- startup4/5
startup
- noun the act of setting in operation
- repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive
- noun the act of starting a new operation or practice
inauguration.
- he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation
- the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes
- noun the act of setting in operation
- airports4/5
airport
- noun an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
aerodrome; drome; airdrome.
- noun an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
- deserts4/5
deserts
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
comeupance; comeuppance.
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
desert.
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
- resorted4/5
resort
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
resort hotel; holiday resort.
- noun a frequently visited place
stamping ground; hangout; haunt; repair.
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
- assertive4/5
assertive
- adjective aggressively self-assured
self-assertive; self-asserting.
- an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue
- pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act
- adjective aggressively self-assured
- departing4/5
depart
- verb move away from a place into another direction
go; go away.
- Go away before I start to cry
- The train departs at noon
- verb be at variance with; be out of line with
vary; deviate; diverge.
- verb move away from a place into another direction
- artificially4/5
artificially
- adverb not according to nature; not by natural means
by artificial means; unnaturally.
- artificially induced conditions
- adverb not according to nature; not by natural means
- roberto4/5
roberto
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vortex4/5
vortex
- noun the shape of something rotating rapidly
swirl; whirl; convolution.
- noun a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
maelstrom; whirlpool.
- noun the shape of something rotating rapidly
- northward4/5
northward
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
due north; north; N.
- adjective satellite moving toward the north
northbound.
- the northbound lane
- we took the north train
- the northward flow of traffic
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- disproportionate4/5
disproportionate
- adjective out of proportion
disproportional.
- adjective satellite not proportionate
- adjective out of proportion
- transporting4/5
transport
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
conveyance.
- noun an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
- partitions4/5
partition
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
divider.
- noun (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- fortnight4/5
fortnight
- noun a period of fourteen consecutive days
two weeks.
- most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight
- noun a period of fourteen consecutive days
- mortgages4/5
mortgage
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- verb put up as security or collateral
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- artefacts4/5
artefact
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
artifact.
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
- retorted4/5
retort
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
rejoinder; return; counter; replication; comeback; riposte.
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- noun a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- advertisers4/5
advertiser
- noun someone whose business is advertising
adman; advertizer.
- noun someone whose business is advertising
- infertility4/5
infertility
- noun the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
sterility.
- noun the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
- compartments4/5
compartment
- noun a space into which an area is subdivided
- noun a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
- noun a space into which an area is subdivided
- fingertips4/5
fingertip
- noun the end (tip) of a finger
- noun the end (tip) of a finger
- shortening4/5
shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- noun act of decreasing in length
- the dress needs shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- bonaparte4/5
bonaparte
- noun French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
Little Corporal; Napoleon I; Napoleon; Napoleon Bonaparte.
- noun French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
- bartlett4/5
bartlett
- noun juicy yellow pear
bartlett pear.
- noun United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
Robert Abram Bartlett; Captain Bob; Robert Bartlett.
- noun juicy yellow pear
- comforts4/5
comforts
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
creature comforts; conveniences; amenities.
- all the comforts of home
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
comfortableness; comfort.
- he is a man who enjoys his comfort
- she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
- carts4/5
cart
- noun a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
handcart; go-cart; pushcart.
- he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
- their pushcart was piled high with groceries
- noun a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
- hartford4/5
hartford
The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.
- undertakings4/5
undertaking
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; task; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun the trade of a funeral director
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- converter4/5
converter
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
convertor.
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
- nurtured4/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- overtly4/5
overtly
- adverb in an overt manner
- he did it overtly
- adverb in an overt manner
- inserts4/5
insert
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- noun an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
inset.
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- importation4/5
importation
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
importing.
- noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
import.
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
- assortment4/5
assortment
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; variety; motley; miscellanea; mixed bag; salmagundi; miscellany; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalization; compartmentalisation.
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- heartbeat4/5
heartbeat
- noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
beat; pulsation; pulse.
- he could feel the beat of her heart
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; New York minute; twinkling; jiffy; split second; trice.
- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
- noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- chartered4/5
chartered
- adjective hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
leased; hired.
- a chartered plane
- the chartered buses arrived on time
- verb hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
hire; rent; charter; lease.
- adjective hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
- courtship4/5
courtship
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
wooing; suit; courting.
- its was a brief and intense courtship
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- cartoons4/5
cartoon
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
sketch.
- noun a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
animated cartoon; toon.
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- advertise4/5
advertise
- verb call attention to
publicise; publicize; advertize.
- Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
push; promote; advertize.
- The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
- The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
- verb call attention to
- articular4/5
articular
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
articulary.
- the articular surfaces of bones
- articular disease
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
- starter4/5
starter
- noun an electric motor for starting an engine
starter motor; starting motor.
- noun a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- noun an electric motor for starting an engine
- quartet4/5
quartet
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
tetrad; quaternity; quadruplet; foursome; Little Joe; IV; four; quaternion; quatern; quaternary; 4.
- noun four performers or singers who perform together
quartette.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- portsmouth4/5
portsmouth
- noun a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
- noun a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean
- noun a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
- portrays4/5
portray
- verb portray in words
- The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
- verb make a portrait of
depict; limn.
- Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
- verb portray in words
- cortisol4/5
cortisol
- noun an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
hydrocortisone; Cortef; Hydrocortone.
- noun an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- perturbation4/5
perturbation
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
disturbance; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
- participates4/5
participate
- verb share in something
take part.
- verb become a participant; be involved in
enter.
- enter a race
- enter an agreement
- enter a drug treatment program
- enter negotiations
- verb share in something
- transports4/5
transport
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
conveyance.
- noun an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
- forties4/5
forties
- noun the time of life between 40 and 50
mid-forties.
- noun the decade from 1940 to 1949
1940s.
- noun the time of life between 40 and 50
- jakarta4/5
jakarta
- noun capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century
Djakarta; capital of Indonesia.
- noun capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century
- deportation4/5
deportation
- noun the act of expelling a person from their native land
exile; expatriation; transportation.
- men in exile dream of hope
- his deportation to a penal colony
- the expatriation of wealthy farmers
- the sentence was one of transportation for life
- noun the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
- noun the act of expelling a person from their native land
- comforted4/5
comforted
- adjective satellite made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress
- the news make her feel comforted
- verb give moral or emotional strength to
soothe; comfort; console; solace.
- adjective satellite made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress
- fortifications4/5
fortification
- noun defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
munition.
- noun the art or science of strengthening defenses
- noun defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- cohorts4/5
cohort
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- noun a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- charters4/5
charter
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- noun a contract to hire or lease transportation
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- overturned4/5
overturned
- adjective satellite having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
upturned; upset.
- an overturned car
- the upset pitcher of milk
- sat on an upturned bucket
- verb turn from an upright or normal position
tump over; overturn; tip over; turn over.
- The big vase overturned
- The canoe tumped over
- adjective satellite having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
- merton4/5
merton
- noun United States religious and writer (1915-1968)
Thomas Merton.
- noun United States sociologist (1910-2003)
Robert King Merton; Robert Merton.
- noun United States religious and writer (1915-1968)
- turtles4/5
turtle
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtleneck; polo-neck.
- noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- mortals4/5
mortal
- noun a human being
someone; somebody; soul; person; individual.
- there was too much for one person to do
- adjective subject to death
- mortal beings
- noun a human being
- partisans4/5
partisan
- noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something
zealot; drumbeater.
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
enthusiast; partizan.
- noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- particulate4/5
particulate
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
particulate matter.
- adjective composed of distinct particles
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
- darted4/5
dart
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- noun a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- fertilizers4/5
fertilizer
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
plant food; fertiliser.
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
- alberto4/5
alberto
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- bertrand4/5
bertrand
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- corticosteroids4/5
corticosteroid
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
adrenal cortical steroid; corticoid.
- adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
- opportunistic4/5
opportunistic
- adjective satellite taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
opportunist; timeserving.
- adjective satellite taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
- purported4/5
purport
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
intent; spirit.
- noun the pervading meaning or tenor
drift.
- caught the general drift of the conversation
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
- postpartum4/5
postpartum
- adjective occurring immediately after birth
postnatal.
- postnatal development
- adjective occurring immediately after birth
- courteous4/5
courteous
- adjective satellite exhibiting courtesy and politeness
nice; gracious.
- a nice gesture
- adjective characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners
- if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon
- adjective satellite exhibiting courtesy and politeness
- disproportionately4/5
disproportionately
- adverb out of proportion
- this wall is disproportionately long
- adverb to a disproportionate degree
- his benefits were disproportionately generous
- adverb out of proportion
- arte4/5
be
- noun a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
atomic number 4; glucinium; beryllium.
- verb have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- John is rich
- This is not a good answer
- noun a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
- proportionate4/5
proportionate
- adjective being in due proportion
- proportionate representation of a minority group
- adjective satellite agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
- adjective being in due proportion
- wharton4/5
wharton
- noun United States novelist (1862-1937)
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton; Edith Wharton.
- noun United States novelist (1862-1937)
- birthplace4/5
birthplace
- noun the place where someone was born
place of birth.
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; cradle; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun the place where someone was born
- articulating4/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- pertains4/5
pertain
- verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb be a part or attribute of
appertain.
- verb be relevant to
- hypertrophy4/5
hypertrophy
- noun abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
- verb undergo hypertrophy
- muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids
- noun abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
- misfortunes4/5
misfortune
- noun unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
bad luck.
- noun an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
ill luck; tough luck; bad luck.
- noun unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
- hypertext4/5
hypertext
- noun machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected
- Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper"--Ted Nelson
- noun machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected
- cortes4/5
cortes
The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
- farthest4/5
farthest
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
uttermost; furthest; utmost; furthermost; farthermost.
- had traveled to the farthest frontier
- don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree
- explored the furthest reaches of space
- the utmost tip of the peninsula
- adverb to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)
furthest.
- see who could jump the farthest
- chose the farthest seat from the door
- he swam the furthest
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
- snorted4/5
snort
- noun a disrespectful laugh
snicker; snigger.
- noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
razz; boo; razzing; Bronx cheer; hoot; hiss; raspberry; bird.
- noun a disrespectful laugh
- hartley4/5
hartley
- noun English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
David Hartley.
- noun English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
- shortcuts4/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- thwarted4/5
thwarted
- adjective satellite disappointingly unsuccessful
disappointed; defeated; foiled; discomfited; frustrated.
- disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
- their foiled attempt to capture Calais
- many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
- his best efforts were thwarted
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- adjective satellite disappointingly unsuccessful
- shorthand4/5
shorthand
- noun a method of writing rapidly
stenography; tachygraphy.
- adjective satellite written in abbreviated or symbolic form
- shorthand notes
- noun a method of writing rapidly
- partake4/5
partake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- verb have, give, or receive a share of
partake in; share.
- We shared the cake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- vertebrae4/5
vertebra
- noun one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- noun one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- barthes4/5
barthes
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- imparted4/5
impart
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
leave; give; pass on.
- give a secret to the Russians
- leave your name and address here
- impart a new skill to the students
- verb bestow a quality on
lend; contribute; add; bring; bestow.
- Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
- The music added a lot to the play
- She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
- This adds a light note to the program
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
- pertain4/5
pertain
- verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb be a part or attribute of
appertain.
- verb be relevant to
- abortions4/5
abortion
- noun termination of pregnancy
- noun failure of a plan
miscarriage.
- noun termination of pregnancy
- horton4/5
horton
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- shorten4/5
shorten
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- He shortened his trip due to illness
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; contract; foreshorten.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- forthwith4/5
forthwith
- adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
straightaway; like a shot; at once; straight off; directly; right away; immediately; now; instantly.
- he answered immediately
- found an answer straightaway
- an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
- Come here now!
- adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- alerted4/5
alert
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
qui vive.
- bombers were put on alert during the crisis
- noun a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
alerting.
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
- cartridge4/5
cartridge
- noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- noun a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
magazine.
- noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- exerts4/5
exert
- verb put to use
exercise.
- exert one's power or influence
- verb have and exercise
maintain; wield.
- wield power and authority
- verb put to use
- assorted4/5
assorted
- adjective satellite consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
mixed; motley; sundry; miscellaneous.
- an arrangement of assorted spring flowers
- assorted sizes
- miscellaneous accessories
- a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
- a motley crew
- sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
- verb keep company with; hang out with
assort; associate; affiliate; consort.
- He associates with strange people
- She affiliates with her colleagues
- adjective satellite consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- exporters4/5
exporter
- noun a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
- noun a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
- concerto4/5
concerto
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- portals3/5
portal
- noun a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
- the portals of the cathedral
- the portals of heaven
- the portals of success
- noun a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
portal site.
- a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.
- noun a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
- alerts3/5
alert
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
qui vive.
- bombers were put on alert during the crisis
- noun a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
alerting.
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
- advertiser3/5
advertiser
- noun someone whose business is advertising
adman; advertizer.
- noun someone whose business is advertising
- smarter3/5
smart
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartness; smarting.
- verb be the source of pain
ache; hurt.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- barter3/5
barter
- noun an equal exchange
swop; swap; trade.
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
- verb exchange goods without involving money
- noun an equal exchange
- averted3/5
avert
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
stave off; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; ward off; forfend.
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
- verb turn away or aside
turn away.
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- amortization3/5
amortization
- noun the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
amortisation.
- noun payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
amortisation.
- noun the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
- blurted3/5
blurt
- verb utter impulsively
ejaculate; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- verb utter impulsively
- wadsworth3/5
wadsworth
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- courtly3/5
courtly
- adjective satellite refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
stately; formal.
- a courtly gentleman
- adjective satellite refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- bartender3/5
bartender
- noun an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
barkeeper; mixologist; barman; barkeep.
- noun an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
- rorty3/5
rorty
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vertebrates3/5
vertebrate
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
craniate.
- adjective having a backbone or spinal column
- fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
- proportionality3/5
proportionality
- noun a ratio of two quantities that is constant
- noun harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
balance; proportion.
- in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
- noun a ratio of two quantities that is constant
- deported3/5
deport
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; comport; bear; behave; conduct; carry.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
deliver; extradite.
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- verb behave in a certain manner
- departures3/5
departure
- noun the act of departing
going away; going; leaving.
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; divergence.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of departing
- perth3/5
perth
- noun the state capital of Western Australia
- noun the state capital of Western Australia
- bartholomew3/5
bartholomew
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- carthage3/5
carthage
- noun an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
- noun an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
- fortitude3/5
fortitude
- noun strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
- noun strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
- transporter3/5
transporter
- noun a long truck for carrying motor vehicles
car transporter.
- noun a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
- noun a long truck for carrying motor vehicles
- bertha3/5
bertha
A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
- vertebrate3/5
vertebrate
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
craniate.
- adjective having a backbone or spinal column
- fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
- courtiers3/5
courtier
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- heartfelt3/5
heartfelt
- adjective satellite earnest
dear; earnest; devout.
- one's dearest wish
- devout wishes for their success
- heartfelt condolences
- adjective satellite earnest
- courtney3/5
courtney
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- portraying3/5
portraying
- noun a representation by picture or portraiture
depiction; portrayal; depicting.
- verb portray in words
portray.
- The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
- noun a representation by picture or portraiture
- sparta3/5
sparta
- noun an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
- noun an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
- exertions3/5
exertion
- noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work
elbow grease; effort; travail; sweat.
- he got an A for effort
- they managed only with great exertion
- noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work
- partitioned3/5
partition
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
divider.
- noun (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- impartiality3/5
impartiality
- noun an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
nonpartisanship.
- noun an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
- spartan3/5
spartan
- adjective satellite resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
- spartan courage
- noun a resident of Sparta
- adjective satellite resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
- torts3/5
tort
- noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
civil wrong.
- noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- mortimer3/5
mortimer
- noun English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)
Roger de Mortimer.
- noun English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)
- mirth3/5
mirth
- noun great merriment
gleefulness; glee; mirthfulness; hilarity.
- noun great merriment
- vertigo3/5
vertigo
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
giddiness; dizziness; lightheadedness.
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
- dartmouth3/5
dartmouth
- noun a college in New Hampshire
Dartmouth College.
- noun a college in New Hampshire
- haworth3/5
haworth
- noun English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950)
Sir Walter Norman Haworth.
- noun English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950)
- parti3/5
parti
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- overtaken3/5
overtake
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
catch; catch up with.
- The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
- verb travel past
overhaul; pass.
- The sports car passed all the trucks
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
- marta3/5
marta
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cartel3/5
cartel
- noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
corporate trust; trust; combine.
- they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
- noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- osteoarthritis3/5
osteoarthritis
- noun chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
degenerative joint disease; degenerative arthritis.
- noun chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
- artisan3/5
artisan
- noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
journeyman; artificer; craftsman.
- noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
- passports3/5
passport
- noun any authorization to pass or go somewhere
pass.
- the pass to visit had a strict time limit
- noun a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- noun any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- hertz3/5
hertz
- noun the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
Hz; cycles/second; cycle per second; cps; cycle.
- noun German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)
Heinrich Hertz; Heinrich Rudolph Hertz.
- noun the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
- roberta3/5
roberta
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tripartite3/5
tripartite
- adjective satellite involving three parties or elements
three-party; three-way.
- a tripartite treaty
- a tripartite division
- a three-way playoff
- adjective satellite involving three parties or elements
- resorting3/5
resort
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
resort hotel; holiday resort.
- noun a frequently visited place
stamping ground; hangout; haunt; repair.
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
- certify3/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- ortiz3/5
ortiz
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hogarth3/5
hogarth
- noun English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)
William Hogarth.
- noun English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)
- overthrown3/5
overthrow
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body
upset; derangement.
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- tortoise3/5
tortoise
- noun usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
- noun usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
- invertebrates3/5
invertebrate
- noun any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
- adjective lacking a backbone or spinal column
spineless.
- worms are an example of invertebrate animals
- noun any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
- porto3/5
porto
- noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
Oporto.
- noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
- curtailed3/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- repertory3/5
repertory
- noun a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
- noun the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
repertoire.
- the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism
- has a large repertory of dialects and characters
- noun a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
- desertion3/5
desertion
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
abandonment; defection.
- his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
- noun the act of giving something up
abandonment; forsaking.
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- inertial3/5
inertial
- adjective of or relating to inertia
- adjective of or relating to inertia
- overtones3/5
overtone
- noun (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
- overtones of despair
- noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
partial tone; partial.
- noun (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
- undertakes3/5
undertake
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
set about; attempt.
- verb accept as a challenge
tackle; take on.
- I'll tackle this difficult task
- verb enter upon an activity or enterprise
- carton3/5
carton
- noun the quantity contained in a carton
cartonful.
- noun a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
- noun the quantity contained in a carton
- particularity3/5
particularity
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
specialness.
- the particularity of human situations
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
- perturbations3/5
perturbation
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
disturbance; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
- uncomfortably3/5
uncomfortably
- adverb in physical discomfort
- she lay on the couch, her body uncomfortably twisted
- adverb in physical discomfort
- departs3/5
depart
- verb move away from a place into another direction
go; go away.
- Go away before I start to cry
- The train departs at noon
- verb be at variance with; be out of line with
vary; deviate; diverge.
- verb move away from a place into another direction
- exhortation3/5
exhortation
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- noun the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
incitement.
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- hartmann3/5
hartmann
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- participle3/5
participle
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
participial.
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
- hypertensive3/5
hypertensive
- noun a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
- adjective having abnormally high blood pressure
- noun a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
- articulates3/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- cartridges3/5
cartridge
- noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- noun a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
magazine.
- noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- charting3/5
chart
- noun a visual display of information
- noun a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
- noun a visual display of information
- artifice3/5
artifice
- noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
ruse.
- noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- perverted3/5
perverted
- adjective satellite (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
kinky.
- kinky sex
- perverted practices
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- adjective satellite (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- wentworth3/5
wentworth
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- exporter3/5
exporter
- noun a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
- noun a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
- desserts3/5
dessert
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
afters; sweet.
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
- partridge3/5
partridge
- noun flesh of either quail or grouse
- noun heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
tinamou.
- noun flesh of either quail or grouse
- porters3/5
porter
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- noun someone who guards an entrance
ostiary; gatekeeper; door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; hall porter.
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- exerting3/5
exert
- verb put to use
exercise.
- exert one's power or influence
- verb have and exercise
maintain; wield.
- wield power and authority
- verb put to use
- porte3/5
port
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- noun sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
port wine.
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- reverted3/5
revert
- verb go back to a previous state
retrovert; return; turn back; regress.
- We reverted to the old rules
- verb undergo reversion, as in a mutation
- verb go back to a previous state
- northampton3/5
northampton
- noun the principal city of Northamptonshire
- noun the principal city of Northamptonshire
- berth3/5
berth
- noun a job in an organization
office; billet; spot; place; situation; position; post.
- he occupied a post in the treasury
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
moorage; slip; mooring.
- noun a job in an organization
- fourths3/5
fourth
- noun following the third position; number four in a countable series
- noun one of four equal parts
twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; quarter.
- a quarter of a pound
- noun following the third position; number four in a countable series
- distorting3/5
distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
- The cord is all twisted
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- forte3/5
forte
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
strong suit; strength; speciality; strong point; specialty; long suit; metier.
- cooking is his forte
- noun (music) loud
fortissimo.
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
- bertram3/5
bertram
(Bot.) Pellitory of Spain ( Anacyclus pyrethrum ).
- overtake3/5
overtake
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
catch; catch up with.
- The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
- verb travel past
overhaul; pass.
- The sports car passed all the trucks
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
- orthopedic3/5
orthopedic
- adjective of or relating to orthopedics
orthopedical; orthopaedic.
- orthopedic shoes
- adjective of or relating to orthopedics
- shortness3/5
shortness
- noun the property of being of short spatial extent
- the shortness of the Channel crossing
- noun the condition of being short of something
- there was no shortness of money
- can cause shortness of breath
- noun the property of being of short spatial extent
- courting3/5
courting
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
wooing; courtship; suit.
- its was a brief and intense courtship
- verb make amorous advances towards
romance; woo; court; solicit.
- John is courting Mary
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- horticultural3/5
horticultural
- adjective of or relating to the cultivation of plants
- adjective of or relating to the cultivation of plants
- starters3/5
starter
- noun an electric motor for starting an engine
starter motor; starting motor.
- noun a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- noun an electric motor for starting an engine
- northumberland3/5
northumberland
- noun the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
- noun the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
- ascertaining3/5
ascertain
- verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
find out; find; determine.
- find the product of two numbers
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- martini3/5
martini
- noun a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth
- noun a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth
- libertarian3/5
libertarian
- noun an advocate of libertarianism
- noun someone who believes the doctrine of free will
- noun an advocate of libertarianism
- myrtle3/5
myrtle
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Vinca minor.
- noun any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
- proportionately3/5
proportionately
- adverb to a proportionate degree
proportionally.
- your salary will rise proportionately to your workload
- adverb in proportion
- the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions
- adverb to a proportionate degree
- cartwright3/5
cartwright
- noun a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- noun English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
Edmund Cartwright.
- noun a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- dearth3/5
dearth
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; shortage.
- noun an insufficient quantity or number
paucity.
- noun an acute insufficiency
- entertainments3/5
entertainment
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
amusement.
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
- earthen3/5
earthen
- adjective made of earth (or baked clay)
- an earthen pot
- adjective made of earth (or baked clay)
- fertilized3/5
fertilize
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilise.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilise; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- heartland3/5
heartland
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- alertness3/5
alertness
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
vigilance; watchfulness; wakefulness.
- wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
- vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
- noun a state of readiness to respond
alerting.
- alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
- artemis3/5
artemis
- noun (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
Cynthia.
- noun (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
- assertiveness3/5
assertiveness
- noun aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
self-assertiveness.
- noun aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
- trustworthiness3/5
trustworthiness
- noun the trait of deserving trust and confidence
trustiness.
- noun the trait of deserving trust and confidence
- quarterback3/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- garth3/5
garth
A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister .garth A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson.
- mortuary3/5
mortuary
- noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
morgue; dead room.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of death
- noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
- flirting3/5
flirting
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; dalliance; flirt; flirtation; toying.
- verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
butterfly; coquet; coquette; mash; flirt; romance; philander; dally; chat up.
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- darting3/5
dart
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- noun a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- diverting3/5
diverting
- adjective satellite providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
amusing; amusive.
- an amusing speaker
- a diverting story
- verb turn aside; turn away from
divert; deviate.
- adjective satellite providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
- apportionment3/5
apportionment
- noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
allocation; parceling; apportioning; allotment; parcelling; assignation.
- the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
- noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- perturbed3/5
perturbed
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
rattled; flustered; hot and bothered.
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
- overturn3/5
overturn
- noun the act of upsetting something
upset; turnover.
- he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
- noun an improbable and unexpected victory
upset.
- the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
- noun the act of upsetting something
- overture3/5
overture
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
prelude; preliminary.
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- furthest3/5
furthest
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
uttermost; utmost; farthest; furthermost; farthermost.
- had traveled to the farthest frontier
- don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree
- explored the furthest reaches of space
- the utmost tip of the peninsula
- adverb to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
farthest.
- went the furthest of all the children in her education
- furthest removed from reality
- she goes farthest in helping us
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
- aborted3/5
abort
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
- he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
- verb terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- ortega3/5
ortega
- noun Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945)
Daniel Ortega Saavedra; Daniel Ortega.
- noun Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945)
- effortlessly3/5
effortlessly
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- she danced gracefully and effortlessly
- swallows gliding effortlessly through the air
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- hartman3/5
hartman
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hurtful3/5
hurtful
- adjective satellite causing hurt
- her hurtful unconsidered words
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
deleterious; injurious.
- deleterious chemical additives
- adjective satellite causing hurt
- darts3/5
darts
- noun a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
dart.
- noun a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard
- earthy3/5
earthy
- adjective satellite conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
crude; gross; vulgar.
- coarse language
- a crude joke
- crude behavior
- an earthy sense of humor
- a revoltingly gross expletive
- a vulgar gesture
- full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
- adjective satellite not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow
- earthy smells of new-mown grass
- adjective satellite conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- horticulture3/5
horticulture
- noun the cultivation of plants
gardening.
- noun the cultivation of plants
- disconcerting3/5
disconcerting
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
upsetting.
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
- warts3/5
wart
- noun any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- noun an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)
- noun any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- curtail3/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- overtook3/5
overtake
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
catch; catch up with.
- The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
- verb travel past
overhaul; pass.
- The sports car passed all the trucks
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
- unorthodox3/5
unorthodox
- adjective satellite independent in behavior or thought
maverick; irregular.
- she led a somewhat irregular private life
- maverick politicians
- adjective breaking with convention or tradition
- an unorthodox lifestyle
- adjective satellite independent in behavior or thought
- portico3/5
portico
- noun a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- noun a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- portrayals3/5
portrayal
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portraiture; portrait.
- noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
enactment; personation; characterization.
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- porta3/5
porta
- noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
orifice; opening.
- the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart
- noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- fortresses3/5
fortress
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fort.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
- fortification3/5
fortification
- noun defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
munition.
- noun the art or science of strengthening defenses
- noun defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- mortars3/5
mortar
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
howitzer; trench mortar.
- noun used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- importer3/5
importer
- noun someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
- noun someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
- extortion3/5
extortion
- noun an exorbitant charge
- noun unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
- the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty
- noun an exorbitant charge
- inadvertent3/5
inadvertent
- adjective satellite happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
accidental.
- with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table
- accidental poisoning
- an accidental shooting
- adjective satellite happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
- quartermaster3/5
quartermaster
- noun an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
- noun an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
- martian3/5
martian
- noun imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
- adjective of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)
- noun imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
- carte3/5
carte
- noun a list of dishes available at a restaurant
bill of fare; menu; carte du jour; card.
- the menu was in French
- noun a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- artistry3/5
artistry
- noun a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
prowess; art.
- the art of conversation
- it's quite an art
- noun a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
- furthering3/5
further
- verb promote the growth of
foster.
- Foster our children's well-being and education
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb promote the growth of
- unsupported3/5
unsupported
- adjective not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid
- unsupported accusations
- adjective not held up or borne
- removal of the central post left the roof unsupported
- adjective not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid
- frankfurter3/5
frankfurter
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
frank; dog; hot dog; wiener; wienerwurst; weenie; hotdog.
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- partiality3/5
partiality
- noun a predisposition to like something
fancy; fondness.
- he had a fondness for whiskey
- noun an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
partisanship.
- noun a predisposition to like something
- artful3/5
artful
- adjective not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
disingenuous.
- an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine
- a disingenuous excuse
- adjective marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
- the artful dodger
- an artful choice of metaphors
- adjective not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
- heartless3/5
heartless
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
hardhearted.
- adjective satellite devoid of courage or enthusiasm
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
- courtier3/5
courtier
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- birthdays3/5
birthday
- noun an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
- noun the date on which a person was born
natal day.
- noun an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
- unearthed3/5
unearth
- verb bring to light
- The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President
- verb recover through digging
excavate.
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
- verb bring to light
- portability3/5
portability
- noun the quality of being light enough to be carried
- noun the quality of being light enough to be carried
- artworks3/5
artwork
- noun photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
nontextual matter; graphics; art.
- the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book
- noun photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
- birthright3/5
birthright
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- free public education is the birthright of every American child
- noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
patrimony.
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- purports3/5
purport
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
intent; spirit.
- noun the pervading meaning or tenor
drift.
- caught the general drift of the conversation
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
- marti3/5
marti
- noun Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895)
Jose Julian Marti.
- noun Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895)
- mortification3/5
mortification
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
humiliation; chagrin.
- noun the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
gangrene; necrosis; sphacelus.
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
- vertebra3/5
vertebra
- noun one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- noun one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- wholeheartedly3/5
wholeheartedly
- adverb without reserve; without reservation
- he adopted wholeheartedly some of the policies that he had previously criticized
- adverb without reserve; without reservation
- overtures3/5
overture
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
prelude; preliminary.
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- tertullian3/5
tertullian
- noun Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus.
- noun Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)
- carta3/5
carta
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- suharto3/5
suharto
- noun Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 (born in 1921)
- noun Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 (born in 1921)
- abortive3/5
abortive
- adjective satellite failing to accomplish an intended result
stillborn; unsuccessful.
- an abortive revolt
- a stillborn plot to assassinate the President
- adjective satellite failing to accomplish an intended result
- fortuitous3/5
fortuitous
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
causeless; uncaused.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite occurring by happy chance
- profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
- imparting3/5
imparting
- noun the transmission of information
impartation; conveyance.
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
leave; give; pass on; impart.
- give a secret to the Russians
- leave your name and address here
- impart a new skill to the students
- noun the transmission of information
- ramparts3/5
rampart
- noun an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
wall; bulwark.
- they stormed the ramparts of the city
- they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down
- noun an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- converters3/5
converter
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
convertor.
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
- shortfall3/5
shortfall
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
deficit; shortage.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- transporters3/5
transporter
- noun a long truck for carrying motor vehicles
car transporter.
- noun a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
- noun a long truck for carrying motor vehicles
- partisanship3/5
partisanship
- noun an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
partiality.
- noun an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
- courted3/5
court
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
tribunal; judicature.
- noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
courtroom.
- television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- certiorari3/5
certiorari
- noun a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
writ of certiorari.
- noun a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
- postmortem3/5
postmortem
- noun discussion of an event after it has occurred
post-mortem.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; necropsy; post-mortem examination; autopsy; PM.
- noun discussion of an event after it has occurred
- exhorted3/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- mortem3/5
mortem
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- northerners3/5
northerner
- noun an inhabitant of the North
- noun an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
Yank; Yankee.
- noun an inhabitant of the North
- quartered3/5
quarter
- noun one of four equal parts
twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; fourth.
- a quarter of a pound
- noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- the Latin Quarter
- noun one of four equal parts
- entertainers3/5
entertainer
- noun a person who tries to please or amuse
- noun a person who tries to please or amuse
- purportedly3/5
purportedly
- adverb believed or reputed to be the case
supposedly.
- adverb believed or reputed to be the case
- importers3/5
importer
- noun someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
- noun someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
- artefact3/5
artefact
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
artifact.
- noun a man-made object taken as a whole
- proportionally3/5
proportionally
- adverb to a proportionate degree
proportionately.
- your salary will rise proportionately to your workload
- adverb to a proportionate degree
- proportioned3/5
proportion
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- noun magnitude or extent
dimension.
- a building of vast proportions
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- partnering3/5
partner
- noun a person's partner in marriage
married person; spouse; mate; better half.
- noun an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
collaborator; cooperator; pardner.
- the musician and the librettist were collaborators
- sexual partners
- noun a person's partner in marriage
- corticosteroid3/5
corticosteroid
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
adrenal cortical steroid; corticoid.
- adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
- arthroplasty3/5
arthroplasty
- noun surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint
- noun surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint
- tortuous3/5
tortuous
- adjective satellite highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Byzantine; tangled; convoluted; involved; knotty.
- the Byzantine tax structure
- Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
- convoluted legal language
- convoluted reasoning
- the plot was too involved
- a knotty problem
- got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
- Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott
- tortuous legal procedures
- tortuous negotiations lasting for months
- adjective satellite marked by repeated turns and bends
twisty; twisting; voluminous; winding.
- a tortuous road up the mountain
- winding roads are full of surprises
- had to steer the car down a twisty track
- adjective satellite highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- khartoum3/5
khartoum
- noun the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile
capital of Sudan.
- noun the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile
- bertie3/5
bertie
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- arturo3/5
arturo
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- startle3/5
startle
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
jump; start.
- he awoke with a start
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
- afterthought3/5
afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
rethink; second thought; reconsideration.
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
- noun an addition that was not included in the original plan
- the garage was an afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
- sportsman3/5
sportsman
- noun someone who engages in sports
sportswoman; sport.
- noun someone who engages in sports
- unreported3/5
unreported
- adjective not reported
- unreported results
- adjective not reported
- tartar3/5
tartar
- noun a salt used especially in baking powder
potassium bitartrate; potassium hydrogen tartrate; cream of tartar.
- noun a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
dragon.
- noun a salt used especially in baking powder
- tortures3/5
torture
- noun extreme mental distress
torment; anguish.
- noun unbearable physical pain
torment.
- noun extreme mental distress
- artistically3/5
artistically
- adverb in an artistic manner
- it was artistically decorated
- adverb in an artistic manner
- portraiture3/5
portraiture
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrayal; portrait.
- noun the activity of making portraits
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- firth3/5
firth
- noun a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
- noun English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
John Rupert Firth; J. R. Firth.
- noun a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
- charted3/5
chart
- noun a visual display of information
- noun a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
- noun a visual display of information
- glucocorticoids3/5
glucocorticoid
- noun a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
- noun a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
- mortified3/5
mortified
- adjective satellite suffering from tissue death
gangrenous.
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
mortify.
- adjective satellite suffering from tissue death
- hypertrophic3/5
hypertrophic
(Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.
- hyperthyroidism3/5
hyperthyroidism
- noun an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
thyrotoxicosis.
- noun an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
- glucocorticoid3/5
glucocorticoid
- noun a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
- noun a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
- imparts3/5
impart
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
leave; give; pass on.
- give a secret to the Russians
- leave your name and address here
- impart a new skill to the students
- verb bestow a quality on
lend; contribute; add; bring; bestow.
- Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
- The music added a lot to the play
- She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
- This adds a light note to the program
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
- martins3/5
martin
- noun French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
St. Martin.
- noun United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)
Steve Martin.
- noun French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
- orthopaedic3/5
orthopaedic
- adjective of or relating to orthopedics
orthopedic; orthopedical.
- orthopedic shoes
- adjective of or relating to orthopedics
- escorts3/5
escort
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
bodyguard.
- noun the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
accompaniment.
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- mortally3/5
mortally
- adverb in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.)
- a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle
- adverb in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.)
- comforter3/5
comforter
- noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
sympathizer; sympathiser.
- noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
allayer; reliever.
- a reliever of anxiety
- an allayer of fears
- noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
- dissertations3/5
dissertation
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
thesis.
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
- alerting3/5
alerting
- noun a state of readiness to respond
alertness.
- alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
- noun a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
alert.
- noun a state of readiness to respond
- portia3/5
portia
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- forthright3/5
forthright
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
frank; straight-from-the-shoulder; outspoken; point-blank; candid; plainspoken; blunt; free-spoken.
- blunt talking and straight shooting
- a blunt New England farmer
- I gave them my candid opinion
- forthright criticism
- a forthright approach to the problem
- tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
- it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
- plainspoken and to the point
- a point-blank accusation
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
squarely; forthrightly.
- to face a problem squarely
- the responsibility lies squarely with them
- spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- cartography3/5
cartography
- noun the making of maps and charts
mapmaking.
- noun the making of maps and charts
- opportunism3/5
opportunism
- noun taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
expedience; self-interest; self-seeking.
- noun taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
- furtherance3/5
furtherance
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
promotion; advancement.
- noun the advancement of some enterprise
promotion; forwarding.
- his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- antihypertensive3/5
antihypertensive
- noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure
antihypertensive drug.
- noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure
- shortcoming3/5
shortcoming
- noun a failing or deficiency
defect.
- that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information
- noun a failing or deficiency
- infertile3/5
infertile
- adjective incapable of reproducing
unfertile; sterile.
- an infertile couple
- adjective incapable of reproducing
- ellsworth3/5
ellsworth
- noun United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807)
Oliver Ellsworth.
- noun United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807)
- participative3/5
participative
Capable of participating.
- articulations3/5
articulation
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
juncture; joint; junction; join.
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- distorts3/5
distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
- The cord is all twisted
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- birthing3/5
birthing
- noun the process of giving birth
giving birth; birth; parturition.
- verb cause to be born
have; deliver; birth; bear; give birth.
- My wife had twins yesterday!
- noun the process of giving birth
- inverter3/5
inverter
- noun an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current
- noun an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current
- girth3/5
girth
- noun the distance around a person's body
- noun stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
cinch.
- noun the distance around a person's body
- mccartney3/5
mccartney
- noun English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)
Sir James Paul McCartney; Paul McCartney.
- noun English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)
- torturing3/5
torturing
- noun the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
torture.
- it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
- verb torment emotionally or mentally
torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
- noun the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
- arteriovenous3/5
arteriovenous
- adjective connecting an artery to a vein
- an arteriovenous fistula
- adjective connecting an artery to a vein
- apportioned3/5
apportioned
- adjective satellite given out in portions
parceled out; doled out; dealt out; meted out.
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
allocate; apportion.
- I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
- I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
- adjective satellite given out in portions
- subcortical3/5
subcortical
- adjective of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
- adjective of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
- cartels3/5
cartel
- noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
corporate trust; trust; combine.
- they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
- noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- invertebrate3/5
invertebrate
- noun any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
- adjective lacking a backbone or spinal column
spineless.
- worms are an example of invertebrate animals
- noun any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
- orthography3/5
orthography
- noun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
writing system.
- noun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
- certifying3/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- deserters3/5
deserter
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; turncoat; recreant; apostate.
- noun a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
defector.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- effortless3/5
effortless
- adjective requiring or apparently requiring no effort
- the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air
- adjective satellite not showing effort or strain
casual.
- a difficult feat performed with casual mastery
- careless grace
- adjective requiring or apparently requiring no effort
- chartres3/5
chartres
- noun a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
- noun a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
- intertextual3/5
intertextual
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- furtive3/5
furtive
- adjective satellite marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
surreptitious; sneak; stealthy; sneaky.
- a furtive manner
- a sneak attack
- stealthy footsteps
- a surreptitious glance at his watch
- adjective satellite secret and sly or sordid
backstair; backstairs.
- backstairs gossip
- his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
- backstairs intimacies
- furtive behavior
- adjective satellite marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
- expertly3/5
expertly
- adverb in an expert manner
like an expert.
- he repaired the TV set expertly
- adverb in an expert manner
- exhortations3/5
exhortation
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- noun the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
incitement.
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- insertions3/5
insertion
- noun a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
interpolation.
- with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told
- with many insertions in the margins
- noun the act of putting one thing into another
introduction; intromission.
- noun a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
- overturning3/5
overturn
- noun the act of upsetting something
upset; turnover.
- he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
- noun an improbable and unexpected victory
upset.
- the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
- noun the act of upsetting something
- alberti3/5
alberti
- noun Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472)
Leon Battista Alberti.
- noun Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472)
- opportune3/5
opportune
- adjective suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
- an opportune place to make camp
- an opportune arrival
- adjective suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
- smartly3/5
smartly
- adverb in a clever manner
cleverly.
- they were cleverly arranged
- a smartly managed business
- adverb with vigor; in a vigorous manner
vigorously.
- he defended his ideas vigorously
- adverb in a clever manner
- covertly3/5
covertly
- adverb in a covert manner
- he did it covertly
- adverb in a covert manner
- spartans3/5
spartan
- noun a resident of Sparta
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
- noun a resident of Sparta
- headquartered3/5
headquarter
- verb provide with headquarters
- the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey
- verb provide with headquarters
- desertification3/5
desertification
- noun the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
- the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China
- noun the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
- certainties3/5
certainty
- noun the state of being certain
- his certainty reassured the others
- noun something that is certain
sure thing; foregone conclusion.
- his victory is a certainty
- noun the state of being certain
- earthenware3/5
earthenware
- noun ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat
- noun ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat
- portage3/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- cartons3/5
carton
- noun the quantity contained in a carton
cartonful.
- noun a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
- noun the quantity contained in a carton
- orthographic3/5
orthographic
- adjective of or relating to or expressed in orthography
- adjective of or relating to or expressed in orthography
- garter3/5
garter
- noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
supporter.
- verb fasten with or as if with a garter
- noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
- partie3/5
party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
- virtuoso3/5
virtuoso
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
mavin; champion; ace; genius; wizard; sensation; maven; adept; whiz; superstar; hotshot; star; whizz; wiz.
- noun a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- contorted3/5
contorted
- adjective satellite twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
writhed; writhen.
- his mad contorted smile
- writhed lips
- my writhen features"- Walter scott
- verb twist and press out of shape
wring; distort; deform; contort.
- adjective satellite twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
- martinique3/5
martinique
- noun an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France
- noun an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France
- chesterton3/5
chesterton
- noun conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton; G. K. Chesterton.
- noun conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)
- skirted3/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- impertinent3/5
impertinent
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
saucy; irreverent; pert.
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
- adjective satellite not pertinent to the matter under consideration
orthogonal; extraneous; immaterial.
- an issue extraneous to the debate
- the price was immaterial
- mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- bipartisan3/5
bipartisan
- adjective satellite supported by both sides
two-way; two-party; bipartizan.
- a two-way treaty
- adjective satellite supported by both sides
- sported3/5
sport
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
athletics.
- noun the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
- intervertebral3/5
intervertebral
- adjective pertaining to the space between two vertebrae
- adjective pertaining to the space between two vertebrae
- courtyards3/5
courtyard
- noun an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
court.
- the house was built around an inner court
- noun an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- quarts3/5
quart
- noun a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
- noun a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- martyred3/5
martyr
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
sufferer.
- noun one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
- fortify3/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- escorting3/5
escort
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
bodyguard.
- noun the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
accompaniment.
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- tortillas3/5
tortilla
- noun thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
- noun thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
- entertainer3/5
entertainer
- noun a person who tries to please or amuse
- noun a person who tries to please or amuse
- furthered3/5
further
- verb promote the growth of
foster.
- Foster our children's well-being and education
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb promote the growth of
- praiseworthy3/5
praiseworthy
- adjective satellite worthy of high praise
commendable; applaudable; laudable.
- applaudable efforts to save the environment
- a commendable sense of purpose
- laudable motives of improving housing conditions
- a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence
- adjective satellite worthy of high praise
- mortgagee3/5
mortgagee
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
mortgage holder.
- the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
- vortices3/5
vortex
- noun the shape of something rotating rapidly
swirl; whirl; convolution.
- noun a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
maelstrom; whirlpool.
- noun the shape of something rotating rapidly
- purporting3/5
purport
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
intent; spirit.
- noun the pervading meaning or tenor
drift.
- caught the general drift of the conversation
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
- arthurian3/5
arthurian
- adjective of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- adjective of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- thirtieth3/5
thirtieth
- noun position 30 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
30th.
- noun position 30 in a countable series of things
- cortez3/5
cortez
- noun Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
Hernando Cortes; Hernando Cortez; Hernan Cortes; Hernan Cortez; Cortes.
- noun Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
- subverted3/5
subvert
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
bring down; overturn; overthrow.
- The Czar was overthrown
- subvert the ruling class
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
- urticaria3/5
urticaria
- noun an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
hives; nettle rash; urtication.
- noun an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
- multiparty3/5
multiparty
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- curtly3/5
curtly
- adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
short; shortly.
- he told me curtly to get on with it
- he talked short with everyone
- he said shortly that he didn't like it
- adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- particularities3/5
particularity
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
specialness.
- the particularity of human situations
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
- countertransference3/5
countertransference
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- inverting3/5
invert
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- here the theme is inverted
- verb reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
reverse.
- when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- quartile3/5
quartile
- noun (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
- noun (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
- curtin3/5
- edgeworth3/5
edgeworth
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- martineau3/5
- intertextuality3/5
- uncertainly3/5
uncertainly
- adverb in an unsteady manner
unsteadily; falteringly.
- he walked unsteadily toward the exit
- The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs
- adverb showing lack of certainty
- he paused uncertainly
- adverb in an unsteady manner
- quarto3/5
quarto
- noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
4to.
- noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
- inarticulate3/5
inarticulate
- adjective without or deprived of the use of speech or words
unarticulate.
- inarticulate beasts
- remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal
- inarticulate with rage
- an inarticulate cry
- adjective without or deprived of the use of speech or words
- parttime3/5
parttime
- adjective involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
part-time.
- part-time employees
- a part-time job
- adjective involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
- flirtation3/5
flirtation
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; dalliance; flirting; flirt; toying.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- northerly3/5
northerly
- noun a wind that blows from the north
north wind; boreas; norther.
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the north
northern.
- the northern suburbs
- going in a northerly direction
- noun a wind that blows from the north
- deportment3/5
deportment
- noun (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
demeanour; behaviour; demeanor; behavior; conduct.
- noun (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- heartache3/5
heartache
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
grief; brokenheartedness; heartbreak.
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
- hyperthermia3/5
hyperthermia
- noun abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer)
hyperthermy.
- noun abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer)
- exportation3/5
exportation
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
export.
- noun the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
exporting.
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
- counterterrorism3/5
counterterrorism
- noun a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism
- noun a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism
- aspartate3/5
aspartate
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- northwards3/5
northwards
- adverb in a northern direction
northerly; northward; north.
- they earn more up north
- Let's go north!
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
northward; due north; north; N.
- adverb in a northern direction
- parthenon3/5
parthenon
A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.
- uncharted3/5
uncharted
- adjective satellite (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated
unmapped; chartless.
- uncharted seas
- adjective satellite (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated
- sportsmen3/5
sportsman
- noun someone who engages in sports
sportswoman; sport.
- noun someone who engages in sports
- artfully3/5
artfully
- adverb in an artful manner
- her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes
- adverb in a disingenuous manner
disingenuously.
- disingenuously, he asked leading questions abut his opponent's work
- adverb in an artful manner
- apertures3/5
aperture
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- noun a natural opening in something
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- summertime3/5
summertime
- noun the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
summer.
- they spent a lazy summer at the shore
- noun the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
- airtight3/5
airtight
- adjective satellite having no weak points
air-tight.
- an airtight defense
- an airtight argument
- adjective satellite not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
gas-tight; air-tight.
- adjective satellite having no weak points
- smartest3/5
smart
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartness; smarting.
- verb be the source of pain
ache; hurt.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- disconcerted3/5
disconcerted
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
discombobulated.
- the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
- looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
- worthiness3/5
worthiness
- noun the quality or state of having merit or value
- noun the quality or state of having merit or value
- courtesan3/5
courtesan
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
concubine; doxy; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- fertiliser3/5
fertiliser
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
fertilizer; plant food.
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
- arthropods3/5
arthropod
- noun invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
- noun invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
- cartographic3/5
cartographic
- adjective of or relating to the making of maps or charts
cartographical.
- adjective of or relating to the making of maps or charts
- certitude3/5
certitude
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
overconfidence; cocksureness.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- certifications3/5
certification
- noun the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
enfranchisement.
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
documentation; corroboration.
- noun the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
- martens3/5
marten
- noun agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
marten cat.
- noun agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
- leavenworth3/5
leavenworth
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- heartburn3/5
heartburn
- noun a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder
pyrosis.
- noun a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder
- vorticity3/5
- tortilla3/5
tortilla
- noun thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
- noun thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
- fortran3/5
fortran
- noun a high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation
- noun a high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation
- unearthly3/5
unearthly
- adjective satellite concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
spiritual.
- a spiritual approach to life
- spiritual fulfillment
- spiritual values
- unearthly love
- adjective satellite suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
weird; eldritch; uncanny.
- an eldritch screech
- the three weird sisters
- stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy
- an unearthly light
- he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
- adjective satellite concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- partying3/5
party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
- reverting3/5
reverting
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; relapse; reversion; lapse; lapsing; backsliding.
- verb go back to a previous state
retrovert; return; turn back; revert; regress.
- We reverted to the old rules
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- amortized3/5
amortize
- verb liquidate gradually
amortise.
- verb liquidate gradually
- untrustworthy3/5
untrustworthy
- adjective not worthy of trust or belief
untrusty.
- an untrustworthy person
- adjective not worthy of trust or belief
- courteously3/5
courteously
- adverb in a polite manner
politely.
- the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'
- adverb in a polite manner
- partaking3/5
partake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- verb have, give, or receive a share of
partake in; share.
- We shared the cake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- overthrew3/5
overthrow
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body
upset; derangement.
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- repertoires3/5
repertoire
- noun the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
repertory.
- the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism
- has a large repertory of dialects and characters
- noun a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
repertory.
- noun the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
- northrop3/5
northrop
- noun United States biochemist (1891-1987)
John Howard Northrop.
- noun United States biochemist (1891-1987)
- pinkerton3/5
pinkerton
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- hertfordshire3/5
hertfordshire
- noun a county in southern England
- noun a county in southern England
- ortho3/5
ortho
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- shorty3/5
shorty
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- fullerton3/5
fullerton
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- cartier3/5
cartier
- noun French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
Jacques Cartier.
- noun French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
- intertidal3/5
intertidal
- adjective of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark
- adjective of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark
- skirting3/5
skirting
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
encircling.
- his encircling arms
- the room's skirting board needs painting
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; sidestep; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
- disheartened3/5
disheartened
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
demoralized; demoralised; discouraged.
- desperate demoralized people looking for work
- felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
- the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off; dishearten.
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
- mortgaged3/5
mortgaged
- adjective satellite burdened with legal or financial obligations
- his house, his business, indeed, his whole life was heavily mortgaged
- verb put up as security or collateral
mortgage.
- adjective satellite burdened with legal or financial obligations
- immortalized3/5
immortalize
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize; immortalise.
- This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
- We memorialized the Dead
- verb make famous forever
eternalize; eternalise; eternize; eternise; immortalise.
- This melody immortalized its composer
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- undertaker3/5
undertaker
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
funeral undertaker; funeral director; mortician.
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
- heartbreak3/5
heartbreak
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
grief; heartache; brokenheartedness.
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
- fingertip3/5
fingertip
- noun the end (tip) of a finger
- noun the end (tip) of a finger
- immortals3/5
immortal
- noun a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- Shakespeare is one of the immortals
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god; deity; divinity.
- noun a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- impartially3/5
impartially
- adverb in an impartial manner
- he smiled at them both impartially
- adverb in an impartial manner
- virtuosity3/5
virtuosity
- noun technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
- noun technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
- orthodontic3/5
orthodontic
- adjective of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics
- orthodontic braces
- adjective of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics
- fourthly3/5
fourthly
- adverb in the fourth place
fourth.
- fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month
- adverb in the fourth place
- cartagena3/5
cartagena
- noun a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean
- noun a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean
- noun a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean
- cartilaginous3/5
cartilaginous
- adjective of or relating to cartilage
- adjective satellite difficult to chew
gristly; rubbery.
- adjective of or relating to cartilage
- arterioles3/5
arteriole
- noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
arteriola; capillary artery.
- noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
- particulates3/5
particulate
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
particulate matter.
- adjective composed of distinct particles
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
- martyn3/5
martin
- noun any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
- noun French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
St. Martin.
- noun any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
- snorting3/5
snorting
- noun an act of forcible exhalation
huffing; puffing.
- verb indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
snort.
- she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom
- noun an act of forcible exhalation
- lighthearted3/5
lighthearted
- adjective satellite carefree and happy and lighthearted
light-hearted; blithe; lightsome; blithesome.
- was loved for her blithe spirit
- a merry blithesome nature
- her lighthearted nature
- trilling songs with a lightsome heart
- adjective satellite carefree and happy and lighthearted
- quartets3/5
quartet
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
tetrad; quaternity; quadruplet; foursome; Little Joe; IV; four; quaternion; quatern; quaternary; 4.
- noun four performers or singers who perform together
quartette.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- earthworks3/5
earthwork
- noun an earthen rampart
- noun an earthen rampart
- undertone3/5
undertone
- noun a quiet or hushed tone of voice
- spoke in undertones
- noun a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
undercurrent.
- noun a quiet or hushed tone of voice
- arthroscopic3/5
arthroscopic
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- artie3/5
artie
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- swarthy3/5
swarthy
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; dark-skinned; dusky.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
- artemisia3/5
artemisia
- noun any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
- noun any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
- deportations3/5
deportation
- noun the act of expelling a person from their native land
exile; expatriation; transportation.
- men in exile dream of hope
- his deportation to a penal colony
- the expatriation of wealthy farmers
- the sentence was one of transportation for life
- noun the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
- noun the act of expelling a person from their native land
- bosworth3/5
bosworth
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- orthostatic3/5
orthostatic
- adjective satellite pertaining to an upright standing posture
- orthostatic hypotension
- adjective satellite pertaining to an upright standing posture
- nonpartisan3/5
nonpartisan
- noun a person who is nonpartisan
nonpartizan.
- adjective free from party affiliation or bias
nonpartizan.
- noun a person who is nonpartisan
- heartbreaking3/5
heartbreaking
- adjective satellite causing or marked by grief or anguish
grievous; heartrending.
- a grievous loss
- a grievous cry
- her sigh was heartbreaking
- the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
- adjective satellite causing or marked by grief or anguish
- newsworthy3/5
newsworthy
- adjective satellite sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper
- adjective satellite sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper
- earthworms3/5
earthworm
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
angleworm; dew worm; fishworm; wiggler; nightwalker; fishing worm; red worm; nightcrawler; crawler.
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- introverted3/5
introverted
- adjective given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
introspective; self-examining.
- verb fold inwards
invaginate; introvert.
- some organs can invaginate
- adjective given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
- marten3/5
marten
- noun agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
marten cat.
- noun agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
- flirted3/5
flirt
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
minx; prickteaser; tease; vamper; coquette; vamp.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; dalliance; flirting; flirtation; toying.
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- reportage3/5
reportage
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reporting; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- fertilisation3/5
fertilisation
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
impregnation; fecundation; fertilization.
- noun making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
dressing; fecundation; fertilization.
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- hortense3/5
- reverts3/5
revert
- verb go back to a previous state
retrovert; return; turn back; regress.
- We reverted to the old rules
- verb undergo reversion, as in a mutation
- verb go back to a previous state
- northernmost3/5
northernmost
- adjective satellite situated farthest north
northmost.
- Alaska is our northernmost state
- adjective satellite situated farthest north
- furtively3/5
furtively
- adverb in a furtive manner
on the sly.
- the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night
- adverb in a furtive manner
- martina3/5
martina
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- artichoke3/5
artichoke
- noun Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
Cynara scolymus; artichoke plant; globe artichoke.
- noun a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
globe artichoke.
- noun Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
- deserting3/5
desert
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desolate; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- averting3/5
averting
- noun the act of preventing something from occurring
- averting danger was his responsibility
- noun the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
aversion.
- averting her gaze meant that she was angry
- noun the act of preventing something from occurring
- fortuna3/5
fortuna
- noun (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
- noun (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
- hearths3/5
hearth
- noun an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
fireplace; open fireplace.
- the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it
- he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
- the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
- noun home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
fireside.
- driven from hearth and home
- fighting in defense of their firesides
- noun an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
- pertussis3/5
pertussis
- noun a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
whooping cough.
- noun a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
- subverting3/5
subvert
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
bring down; overturn; overthrow.
- The Czar was overthrown
- subvert the ruling class
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
- unperturbed3/5
unperturbed
- adjective satellite free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
unflustered; unruffled; unflurried.
- the waiters were unflurried and good natured
- with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope
- adjective satellite free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
- cathartic3/5
cathartic
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
aperient; purgative; physic.
- adjective satellite emotionally purging
psychotherapeutic.
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- cartoonist3/5
cartoonist
- noun a person who draws cartoons
- noun a person who draws cartoons
- fortieth3/5
fortieth
- noun position 40 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite the ordinal number of forty in counting order
40th.
- noun position 40 in a countable series of things
- farthing3/5
farthing
- noun a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
- noun a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
- rapporteur3/5
rapporteur
- noun a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
- noun a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
- earths3/5
earth
- noun the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
globe; world.
- the Earth moves around the sun
- he sailed around the world
- noun the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
ground.
- they dug into the earth outside the church
- noun the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
- sorties3/5
sortie
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
sally.
- noun (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- harte3/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- watertight3/5
watertight
- adjective satellite not allowing water to pass in or out
- adjective satellite without flaws or loopholes
unshakable; unassailable; bulletproof.
- an ironclad contract
- a watertight alibi
- a bulletproof argument
- adjective satellite not allowing water to pass in or out
- neanderthal3/5
neanderthal
- adjective satellite ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
boorish; loutish; neandertal; oafish; swinish.
- was boorish and insensitive
- the loutish manners of a bully
- her stupid oafish husband
- aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neanderthal man; Neandertal; Neandertal man.
- adjective satellite ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
- consortia3/5
consortium
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
pool; syndicate.
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
- restarted3/5
restart
- verb start an engine again, for example
re-start.
- verb take up or begin anew
re-start; resume.
- We resumed the negotiations
- verb start an engine again, for example
- shortfalls3/5
shortfall
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
deficit; shortage.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- convertibility3/5
convertibility
- noun the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction)
- noun the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction)
- curtiss3/5
curtis
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
William Curtis.
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
- arthritic3/5
arthritic
- noun a person afflicted with arthritis
- the hands of an elderly arthritic
- adjective satellite of or pertaining to arthritis
rheumatic; rheumy; rheumatoid; creaky.
- my creaky old joints
- rheumy with age and grief
- noun a person afflicted with arthritis
- incontrovertible3/5
incontrovertible
- adjective satellite impossible to deny or disprove
irrefutable; positive.
- incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
- proof positive
- an irrefutable argument
- adjective satellite necessarily or demonstrably true
demonstrable.
- demonstrable truths
- adjective satellite impossible to deny or disprove
- entertains3/5
entertain
- verb provide entertainment for
- verb take into consideration, have in view
think of; think about; flirt with; toy with.
- He entertained the notion of moving to South America
- verb provide entertainment for
- partook3/5
partake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- verb have, give, or receive a share of
partake in; share.
- We shared the cake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- exhorting3/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- overtaking3/5
overtaking
- noun going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
passing.
- she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
catch; catch up with; overtake.
- The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
- noun going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- reportable3/5
reportable
- adjective (of income) required by law to be reported
- reportable income
- adjective satellite meriting report
- years of research produced no reportable results
- adjective (of income) required by law to be reported
- hurtling3/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- pertained3/5
pertain
- verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb be a part or attribute of
appertain.
- verb be relevant to
- particularism3/5
particularism
- noun a focus on something particular
- noun a focus on something particular
- huerta3/5
huerta
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- artificiality3/5
artificiality
- noun the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
- noun the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
- fortnightly3/5
fortnightly
- adjective satellite occurring every two weeks
biweekly.
- adverb every two weeks
biweekly.
- he visited his cousins fortnightly
- adjective satellite occurring every two weeks
- heartbroken3/5
heartbroken
- adjective satellite full of sorrow
brokenhearted; heartsick.
- adjective satellite full of sorrow
- portentous3/5
portentous
- adjective satellite of momentous or ominous significance
prodigious.
- such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville
- a prodigious vision
- adjective satellite ominously prophetic
foreboding; fateful.
- adjective satellite of momentous or ominous significance
- overthrowing3/5
overthrow
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body
upset; derangement.
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- portly3/5
portly
- adjective satellite euphemisms for `fat'
stout.
- men are portly and women are stout
- adjective satellite euphemisms for `fat'
- impertinence3/5
impertinence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impudence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- shortstop3/5
shortstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
short.
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- thenceforth3/5
thenceforth
- adverb from that time on
thereafter.
- thereafter he never called again
- adverb from that time on
- arthroscopy3/5
arthroscopy
- noun a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision
- noun a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision
- parton3/5
parton
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hydrocortisone3/5
hydrocortisone
- noun an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Cortef; cortisol; Hydrocortone.
- noun an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- portes3/5
porte
- noun the Ottoman court in Constantinople
Sublime Porte.
- noun the Ottoman court in Constantinople
- fertilisers3/5
fertiliser
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
fertilizer; plant food.
- noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
- partnered3/5
partner
- noun a person's partner in marriage
married person; spouse; mate; better half.
- noun an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
collaborator; cooperator; pardner.
- the musician and the librettist were collaborators
- sexual partners
- noun a person's partner in marriage
- articulatory3/5
articulatory
- adjective of or relating to articulation
articulative.
- articulatory features
- articulatory phonetics
- adjective of or relating to articulation
- arteriosus3/5
arteriosus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- startlingly3/5
startlingly
- adverb in a startling manner
- a startlingly modern voice
- adverb in a startling manner
- discomforts3/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- libertine3/5
libertine
- noun a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
debauchee; rounder.
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
debauched; dissolute; fast; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; riotous; profligate.
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- noun a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
- curtailment3/5
curtailment
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- noun the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
suppression.
- a suppression of the newspaper
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- fertilize3/5
fertilize
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilise.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilise; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- mccarty3/5
mccarty
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- advertises3/5
advertise
- verb call attention to
publicise; publicize; advertize.
- Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
push; promote; advertize.
- The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
- The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
- verb call attention to
- pubertal3/5
pubertal
- adjective of or related to puberty
- adjective of or related to puberty
- neocortex3/5
neocortex
- noun the cortical part of the neencephalon
neopallium.
- noun the cortical part of the neencephalon
- reasserted3/5
reassert
- verb strengthen or make more firm
confirm.
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
- verb strengthen or make more firm
- sortie3/5
sortie
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
sally.
- noun (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- curtailing3/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- worthlessness3/5
worthlessness
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
ineptitude.
- the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
- noun the quality of being without practical use
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
- intertwining3/5
intertwine
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
twine; lace; interlace; enlace; entwine.
- intertwine the ribbons
- Twine the threads into a rope
- intertwined hearts
- verb make lacework by knotting or looping
tat.
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
- artichokes3/5
artichoke
- noun Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
Cynara scolymus; artichoke plant; globe artichoke.
- noun a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
globe artichoke.
- noun Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
- artisanal3/5
artisanal
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- participles3/5
participle
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
participial.
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
- partakes2/5
partake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- verb have, give, or receive a share of
partake in; share.
- We shared the cake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- arteritis2/5
arteritis
- noun inflammation of an artery
- noun inflammation of an artery
- nurturance2/5
nurturance
- noun physical and emotional care and nourishment
- noun physical and emotional care and nourishment
- heartedly2/5
hearted
Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
- courtesans2/5
courtesan
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
concubine; doxy; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- libertarians2/5
libertarian
- noun an advocate of libertarianism
- noun someone who believes the doctrine of free will
- noun an advocate of libertarianism
- concertos2/5
concerto
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- curtained2/5
curtained
- adjective furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies
- a curtained alcove
- verb provide with drapery
curtain.
- curtain the bedrooms
- adjective furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies
- flirtatious2/5
flirtatious
- adjective satellite like a coquette
coquettish.
- adjective satellite like a coquette
- tarts2/5
tart
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
- noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- fertilizing2/5
fertilize
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilise.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilise; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- tortoises2/5
tortoise
- noun usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
- noun usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
- mortgagor2/5
mortgagor
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
mortgager.
- we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
- dumbarton2/5
dumbarton
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tartars2/5
tartar
- noun a salt used especially in baking powder
potassium bitartrate; potassium hydrogen tartrate; cream of tartar.
- noun a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
dragon.
- noun a salt used especially in baking powder
- thwarting2/5
thwarting
- noun an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
foiling; frustration.
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- noun an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
- spurts2/5
spurt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
squirt; spirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spout; spirt; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- deserter2/5
deserter
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; turncoat; recreant; apostate.
- noun a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
defector.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- partes2/5
part
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; portion; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun something less than the whole of a human artifact
portion.
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
- countertop2/5
countertop
- noun the top side of a counter
- noun the top side of a counter
- berths2/5
berth
- noun a job in an organization
office; billet; spot; place; situation; position; post.
- he occupied a post in the treasury
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
moorage; slip; mooring.
- noun a job in an organization
- portent2/5
portent
- noun a sign of something about to happen
omen; prognostic; prodigy; prognostication; presage.
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- noun a sign of something about to happen
- moriarty2/5
moriarty
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- martel2/5
martel
To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. Obs. Spenser.
- courtesies2/5
courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- shortens2/5
shorten
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- He shortened his trip due to illness
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; contract; foreshorten.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- ciphertext2/5
ciphertext
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- parthian2/5
parthian
Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia. --n. A native Parthia.
- siddhartha2/5
siddhartha
- noun founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
Buddha; Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Gautama Siddhartha.
- noun founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
- disheartening2/5
disheartening
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
demoralizing; demoralising; dispiriting.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off; dishearten.
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
- opportunist2/5
opportunist
- noun a person who places expediency above principle
self-seeker.
- adjective satellite taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
timeserving; opportunistic.
- noun a person who places expediency above principle
- furthers2/5
further
- verb promote the growth of
foster.
- Foster our children's well-being and education
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb promote the growth of
- shortsighted2/5
shortsighted
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
unforesightful; short; myopic.
- a short view of the problem
- shortsighted policies
- shortsighted critics derided the plan
- myopic thinking
- adjective unable to see distant objects clearly
nearsighted; myopic.
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
- arthropod2/5
arthropod
- noun invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
- noun invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
- subverts2/5
subvert
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
bring down; overturn; overthrow.
- The Czar was overthrown
- subvert the ruling class
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
- carted2/5
cart
- noun a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
handcart; go-cart; pushcart.
- he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
- their pushcart was piled high with groceries
- noun a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
- exhorts2/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- hypertonic2/5
hypertonic
- adjective (of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension
- hypertonic muscle tissue
- adjective (of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution
- adjective (of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension
- tartan2/5
tartan
- noun a cloth having a crisscross design
plaid.
- noun a cloth having a crisscross design
- martensite2/5
martensite
- noun a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel
- noun a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel
- retorts2/5
retort
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
rejoinder; return; counter; replication; comeback; riposte.
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- noun a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- particularistic2/5
particularistic
- adjective relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
- a particularistic-seeming statement
- adjective relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
- bartram2/5
bartram
(Bot.) See Johnson.Bertram .
- stuarts2/5
stuart
- noun United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
Gilbert Stuart; Gilbert Charles Stuart.
- noun a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England
- noun United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
- parturition2/5
parturition
- noun the process of giving birth
giving birth; birth; birthing.
- noun the process of giving birth
- arthrodesis2/5
arthrodesis
- noun the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion
- noun the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion
- woolworth2/5
woolworth
- noun United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
Frank Winfield Woolworth.
- noun United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
- neanderthals2/5
neanderthal
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neanderthal man; Neandertal; Neandertal man.
- adjective satellite ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
boorish; loutish; neandertal; oafish; swinish.
- was boorish and insensitive
- the loutish manners of a bully
- her stupid oafish husband
- aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
- unearth2/5
unearth
- verb bring to light
- The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President
- verb recover through digging
excavate.
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
- verb bring to light
- quartzite2/5
quartzite
- noun hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
- noun hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
- tortious2/5
tortious
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- tortious acts
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- carthaginians2/5
carthaginian
- noun a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
Punic.
- the Punic Wars
- Carthaginian peace
- noun a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
- montmartre2/5
montmartre
- noun the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists
- noun the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists
- birthweight2/5
birthweight
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- smarting2/5
smarting
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartness; smart.
- verb be the source of pain
ache; smart; hurt.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- endarterectomy2/5
endarterectomy
- noun surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis
- noun surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis
- carthaginian2/5
carthaginian
Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. --n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
- worthies2/5
worthy
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- he told his story to some conservative worthies
- local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable
- adjective having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
- a worthy fellow
- a worthy cause
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- northumbria2/5
northumbria
- noun an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
- noun an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
- kurtosis2/5
kurtosis
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- charlesworth2/5
- smarts2/5
smart
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartness; smarting.
- verb be the source of pain
ache; hurt.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- diverticulum2/5
diverticulum
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- sweethearts2/5
sweetheart
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; steady; sweetie.
- noun any well-liked individual
- he's a sweetheart
- noun a person loved by another person
- disproportion2/5
disproportion
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- heartbeats2/5
heartbeat
- noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
beat; pulsation; pulse.
- he could feel the beat of her heart
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; New York minute; twinkling; jiffy; split second; trice.
- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
- noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- dysarthria2/5
dysarthria
- noun impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
- noun impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
- arteriosclerosis2/5
arteriosclerosis
- noun sclerosis of the arterial walls
arterial sclerosis; induration of the arteries; coronary-artery disease; hardening of the arteries.
- noun sclerosis of the arterial walls
- ascertainable2/5
ascertainable
- adjective satellite capable of being ascertained or found out
discoverable.
- ascertainable facts
- adjective satellite capable of being ascertained or found out
- artless2/5
artless
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
ingenuous.
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility
- adjective simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
- an artless manner
- artless elegance
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- bartolomeo2/5
bartolomeo
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cortisone2/5
cortisone
- noun a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone
Cortone Acetate.
- noun a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone
- extorted2/5
extort
- verb obtain through intimidation
- verb obtain by coercion or intimidation
gouge; squeeze; wring; rack.
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
- verb obtain through intimidation
- bipartite2/5
bipartite
- adjective satellite divided into two portions almost to the base
- adjective satellite involving two parts or elements
two-way; two-part.
- a bipartite document
- a two-way treaty
- adjective satellite divided into two portions almost to the base
- cortices2/5
cortex
- noun the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
pallium; cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle.
- noun the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
- noun the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
- martians2/5
martian
- noun imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
- adjective of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)
- noun imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
- watertown2/5
watertown
- noun a town in southeastern Wisconsin
- noun a town in northern New York
- noun a town in southeastern Wisconsin
- northamptonshire2/5
northamptonshire
- noun a county is central England
- noun a county is central England
- nurtures2/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- certifies2/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- inverts2/5
invert
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- here the theme is inverted
- verb reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
reverse.
- when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- cartilages2/5
cartilage
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
gristle.
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
- apportion2/5
apportion
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
allocate.
- I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
- I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
- verb give out as one's portion or share
deal; share; divvy up; portion out.
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
- hertford2/5
hertford
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- artistes2/5
artiste
- noun a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- noun a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- sertraline2/5
sertraline
- noun a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft)
Zoloft.
- noun a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft)
- mccarthyism2/5
mccarthyism
- noun unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
- noun unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
- earthworm2/5
earthworm
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
angleworm; dew worm; fishworm; wiggler; nightwalker; fishing worm; red worm; nightcrawler; crawler.
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- bartering2/5
barter
- noun an equal exchange
swop; swap; trade.
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
- verb exchange goods without involving money
- noun an equal exchange
- fortifying2/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- corticotropin2/5
corticotropin
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotrophic hormone; adrenocorticotropic hormone; adrenocorticotropin; ACTH; adrenocorticotrophin; corticotrophin.
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- propertied2/5
propertied
- adjective satellite owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
property-owning.
- adjective satellite owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
- sorter2/5
sorter
- noun a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
- noun a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes
- noun a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
- restarting2/5
restart
- verb start an engine again, for example
re-start.
- verb take up or begin anew
re-start; resume.
- We resumed the negotiations
- verb start an engine again, for example
- fortiori2/5
fortiori
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- wholehearted2/5
wholehearted
- adjective satellite with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
whole-souled; heart-whole.
- heart-whole friendship
- gave wholehearted support to her candidacy
- wholehearted commitment
- demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance
- adjective satellite with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
- mortis2/5
mortis
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bartered2/5
barter
- noun an equal exchange
swop; swap; trade.
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
- verb exchange goods without involving money
- noun an equal exchange
- portents2/5
portent
- noun a sign of something about to happen
omen; prognostic; prodigy; prognostication; presage.
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- noun a sign of something about to happen
- bartolome2/5
bartolome
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- arty2/5
arty
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- virtualization2/5
- compartmentalized2/5
compartmentalized
- adjective satellite divided up into compartments or categories
compartmental; compartmentalised.
- most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
compartmentalise; cut up; compartmentalize.
- You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!
- adjective satellite divided up into compartments or categories
- seaports2/5
seaport
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; harbour.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- partridges2/5
partridge
- noun flesh of either quail or grouse
- noun heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
tinamou.
- noun flesh of either quail or grouse
- particularized2/5
particularized
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
particularised.
- particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
- berta2/5
berta
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- martindale2/5
martindale
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- ported2/5
port
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- noun sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
port wine.
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- unworthiness2/5
unworthiness
- noun the quality or state of lacking merit or value
- noun the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
inappropriateness.
- he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person
- his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness
- noun the quality or state of lacking merit or value
- pianoforte2/5
pianoforte
- noun a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
piano; forte-piano.
- noun a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
- insupportable2/5
insupportable
- adjective satellite incapable of being justified or explained
unwarranted; unjustifiable; unwarrantable; indefensible.
- adjective satellite incapable of being justified or explained
- carteret2/5
carteret
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- dinnertime2/5
dinnertime
- noun the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
suppertime.
- noun the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
- undertones2/5
undertone
- noun a quiet or hushed tone of voice
- spoke in undertones
- noun a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
undercurrent.
- noun a quiet or hushed tone of voice
- partakers2/5
partaker
- noun someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
sharer.
- noun someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
- whitworth2/5
whitworth
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- tortfeasor2/5
tortfeasor
- noun a party who has committed a tort
tort-feasor.
- noun a party who has committed a tort
- orthogonality2/5
orthogonality
- noun the relation of opposition between things at right angles
orthogonal opposition; perpendicularity.
- noun the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles
- noun the relation of opposition between things at right angles
- laertes2/5
laertes
- noun (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus
- noun (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus
- corticospinal2/5
corticospinal
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- lamartine2/5
- halliburton2/5
halliburton
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- aspartame2/5
aspartame
- noun an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener
- noun an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener
- bartok2/5
bartok
- noun Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)
Bela Bartok.
- noun Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)
- creditworthiness2/5
creditworthiness
- noun trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
- noun trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
- novartis2/5
novartis
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- comportment2/5
comportment
- noun dignified manner or conduct
bearing; presence; mien.
- noun dignified manner or conduct
- compartmentalization2/5
compartmentalization
- noun a mild state of dissociation
compartmentalisation.
- noun the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalisation; assortment.
- noun a mild state of dissociation
- reassertion2/5
reassertion
- noun renewed affirmation
reaffirmation.
- noun renewed affirmation
- marts2/5
mart
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
market place; marketplace; market.
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- birthrate2/5
birthrate
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
birth rate; fertility; fertility rate; natality.
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
- burthen2/5
burthen
- noun a variant of `burden'
- verb weight down with a load
weight down; weight; burden.
- noun a variant of `burden'
- artiste2/5
artiste
- noun a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- noun a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- corti2/5
corti
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- diverts2/5
divert
- verb turn aside; turn away from
deviate.
- verb send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
- verb turn aside; turn away from
- chatterton2/5
chatterton
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- wintertime2/5
wintertime
- noun the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
winter.
- noun the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
- adverts2/5
advert
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advertising; advertisement; advertizement; advertizing.
- verb give heed (to)
hang; give ear; attend; pay heed.
- The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
- She hung on his every word
- They attended to everything he said
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- interdepartmental2/5
interdepartmental
- adjective between or among departments
- interdepartmental competition
- adverb between departments
- this memo was circulated interdepartmentally
- adjective between or among departments
- shortwave2/5
shortwave
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- sertoli2/5
sertoli
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- cartoonists2/5
cartoonist
- noun a person who draws cartoons
- noun a person who draws cartoons
- kindergartens2/5
kindergarten
- noun a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
- noun a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
- repartee2/5
repartee
- noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
- noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
- earthwork2/5
earthwork
- noun an earthen rampart
- noun an earthen rampart
- adrenocortical2/5
adrenocortical
- adjective of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands
- adjective of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands
- martinis2/5
martini
- noun a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth
- noun a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth
- ascertainment2/5
ascertainment
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
- surtout2/5
surtout
- noun a man's overcoat in the style of a frock coat
- noun a man's overcoat in the style of a frock coat
- artois2/5
artois
- noun a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
- noun a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
- sporty2/5
sporty
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
sporting; clean; sportsmanlike.
- a clean fight
- a sporting solution of the disagreement
- sportsmanlike conduct
- adjective satellite (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
showy; gaudy; flashy; jazzy.
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- fortescue2/5
- mortifying2/5
mortifying
- adjective satellite causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
embarrassing.
- the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
- it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
mortify.
- adjective satellite causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
- rapports2/5
rapport
- noun a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
resonance.
- noun a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
- spartacus2/5
spartacus
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- chartist2/5
chartist
- noun a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities
technical analyst.
- noun a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
- noun a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities
- unfortunates2/5
unfortunate
- noun a person who suffers misfortune
unfortunate person.
- adjective not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
- an unfortunate turn of events
- an unfortunate decision
- unfortunate investments
- an unfortunate night for all concerned
- noun a person who suffers misfortune
- airtime2/5
airtime
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- deportees2/5
deportee
- noun a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
exile.
- noun a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
- longworth2/5
- bertolt2/5
bertolt
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- appurtenances2/5
appurtenance
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
gear; paraphernalia.
- noun a supplementary component that improves capability
add-on; supplement; accessory.
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- gilberto2/5
gilberto
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- contortions2/5
contortion
- noun the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
deformation.
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
tortuousness; crookedness; tortuosity; torsion.
- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
- the acrobat performed incredible contortions
- noun the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
- libertarianism2/5
libertarianism
- noun an ideological belief in freedom of thought and speech
- noun an ideological belief in freedom of thought and speech
- worthily2/5
worthily
- adverb in a worthy manner; with worthiness
- adverb in a worthy manner; with worthiness
- heartening2/5
heartening
- adjective satellite cheerfully encouraging
inspiriting.
- verb give encouragement to
embolden; cheer; recreate; hearten.
- adjective satellite cheerfully encouraging
- mortise2/5
mortise
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortice.
- verb cut a hole for a tenon in
mortice.
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- quarterdeck2/5
quarterdeck
- noun the stern area of a ship's upper deck
- noun the stern area of a ship's upper deck
- buonaparte2/5
- opportunists2/5
opportunist
- noun a person who places expediency above principle
self-seeker.
- adjective satellite taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
timeserving; opportunistic.
- noun a person who places expediency above principle
- perverts2/5
pervert
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
deviate; deviant; degenerate.
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- torturous2/5
torturous
- adjective satellite extremely painful
agonising; excruciating; torturing; agonizing; harrowing; torturesome.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- blameworthy2/5
blameworthy
- adjective satellite deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
blameable; censurable; blamable; culpable; blameful.
- blameworthy if not criminal behavior
- censurable misconduct
- culpable negligence
- adjective satellite deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
- shorted2/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- prepubertal2/5
prepubertal
- adjective satellite (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
prepubescent.
- adjective satellite (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
- arteriography2/5
arteriography
- noun roentgenographic examination of arteries
- noun roentgenographic examination of arteries
- stalwarts2/5
stalwart
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
loyalist.
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
hardy; stout; sturdy.
- hardy explorers of northern Canada
- proud of her tall stalwart son
- stout seamen
- sturdy young athletes
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- consorts2/5
consort
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- noun a family of similar musical instrument playing together
choir.
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- dell'arte2/5
dell'arte
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- hurtled2/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- portmanteau2/5
portmanteau
- noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
portmanteau word; blend.
- `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'
- `motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'
- `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau
- noun a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Gladstone; Gladstone bag.
- noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- alberts2/5
albert
- noun prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
Prince Albert; Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel.
- noun prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
- parthians2/5
parthian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Parthia
- noun the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)
- noun a native or inhabitant of Parthia
- portman2/5
portman
An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.
- laporte2/5
laporte
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- orthopedics2/5
orthopedics
- noun the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
orthopaedics.
- noun the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
- corticosterone2/5
corticosterone
- noun secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body
- noun secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body
- fertilised2/5
fertilise
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilize.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
- fortuitously2/5
fortuitously
- adverb by good fortune
fortunately; as luck would have it; luckily.
- fortunately the weather was good
- adverb by good fortune
- sportsmanship2/5
sportsmanship
- noun fairness in following the rules of the game
- noun fairness in following the rules of the game
- cortina2/5
cortina
- noun a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
- noun a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
- courtrooms2/5
courtroom
- noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
court.
- television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
- noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
- fortes2/5
fort
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fortress.
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- participial2/5
participial
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
participle.
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of participles
- participial inflections
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
- importunate2/5
importunate
- adjective satellite expressing earnest entreaty
- an importunate job applicant
- adjective satellite expressing earnest entreaty
- torturers2/5
torturer
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- tartu2/5
tartu
- noun a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League
- noun a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League
- undertakers2/5
undertaker
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
funeral undertaker; funeral director; mortician.
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
- imperturbable2/5
imperturbable
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
unflappable.
- hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm
- an imperturbable self-possession
- unflappable in a crisis
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
- bartenders2/5
bartender
- noun an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
barkeeper; mixologist; barman; barkeep.
- noun an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
- quartering2/5
quartering
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- noun living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- halfhearted2/5
halfhearted
- adjective satellite feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
tepid; lukewarm; half-hearted.
- a halfhearted effort
- gave only lukewarm support to the candidate
- adjective satellite feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
- porthole2/5
porthole
- noun a window in a ship or airplane
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
port; embrasure.
- noun a window in a ship or airplane
- aspartic2/5
aspartic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, .aspartic acid
- daugherty2/5
daugherty
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- pertinence2/5
pertinence
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
pertinency; applicability.
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- heartedness2/5
heartedness
Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. R. Clarendon.✍ See also the Note under Hearted . The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc.
- cortege2/5
cortege
- noun a funeral procession
- noun the group following and attending to some important person
entourage; retinue; suite.
- noun a funeral procession
- artesian2/5
artesian
- adjective (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure
- an artesian well
- artesian pressure
- adjective (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure
- diverticulitis2/5
diverticulitis
- noun inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation
- noun inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation
- dortmund2/5
dortmund
- noun an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
- noun an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
- orthonormal2/5
orthonormal
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- porthos2/5
- heartened2/5
hearten
- verb give encouragement to
embolden; cheer; recreate.
- verb give encouragement to
- sartorius2/5
sartorius
- noun a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body
sartorius muscle; musculus sartorius.
- noun a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body
- earthbound2/5
earthbound
- adjective satellite confined to the earth
- adjective satellite lacking wit or imagination
pedestrian; prosaic; prosy.
- a pedestrian movie plot
- adjective satellite confined to the earth
- appertaining2/5
appertain
- verb be a part or attribute of
pertain.
- verb be a part or attribute of
- gorton2/5
- overtakes2/5
overtake
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
catch; catch up with.
- The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
- verb travel past
overhaul; pass.
- The sports car passed all the trucks
- verb catch up with and possibly overtake
- partway2/5
partway
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- artur2/5
artur
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- flowcharts2/5
flowchart
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
flow sheet; flow chart; flow diagram.
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
- chartreuse2/5
chartreuse
- noun a shade of green tinged with yellow
yellow green; pea green; yellowish green; Paris green.
- noun aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France
- noun a shade of green tinged with yellow
- birthed2/5
birth
- noun the time when something begins (especially life)
- they divorced after the birth of the child
- his election signaled the birth of a new age
- noun the event of being born
nativity; nascency; nascence.
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
- noun the time when something begins (especially life)
- overtone2/5
overtone
- noun (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
- overtones of despair
- noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
partial tone; partial.
- noun (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
- turtleneck2/5
turtleneck
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtle; polo-neck.
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- extroverted2/5
extroverted
- adjective not introspective; examining what is outside yourself
extrospective.
- adjective satellite at ease in talking to others
outgoing; forthcoming.
- adjective not introspective; examining what is outside yourself
- sartorial2/5
sartorial
- adjective of or relating to the sartorius muscle
- adjective of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
- adjective of or relating to the sartorius muscle
- virtuality2/5
virtuality
The quality or state of being virtual.
- artifices2/5
artifice
- noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
ruse.
- noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- hindquarters2/5
hindquarters
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; derriere; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
croup; croupe; rump.
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- orthodoxies2/5
orthodoxy
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- noun a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- portend2/5
portend
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb indicate by signs
- hepworth2/5
hepworth
- noun British sculptor (1902-1975)
Dame Barbara Hepworth; Barbara Hepworth.
- noun British sculptor (1902-1975)
- krishnamurti2/5
krishnamurti
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- unearthing2/5
unearth
- verb bring to light
- The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President
- verb recover through digging
excavate.
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
- verb bring to light
- cartographer2/5
cartographer
- noun a person who makes maps
map maker.
- noun a person who makes maps
- artaxerxes2/5
artaxerxes
- noun king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)
Artaxerxes II.
- noun king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)
Artaxerxes I.
- noun king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)
- sorta2/5
sorta
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- northland2/5
northland
- noun any region lying in or toward the north
- noun any region lying in or toward the north
- spurted2/5
spurt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
squirt; spirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spout; spirt; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- diverticula2/5
diverticulum
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- quartiles2/5
quartile
- noun (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
- noun (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
- stillbirth2/5
stillbirth
- noun a natural loss of the products of conception
miscarriage; spontaneous abortion.
- noun a natural loss of the products of conception
- sportswear2/5
sportswear
- noun attire worn for sport or for casual wear
activewear; athletic wear.
- noun attire worn for sport or for casual wear
- macartney2/5
- inopportune2/5
inopportune
- adjective not opportune
- arrived at a most inopportune hour
- an inopportune visit
- adjective not opportune
- assertively2/5
assertively
- adverb in an assertive manner
- `I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively
- adverb in an assertive manner
- apportioning2/5
apportioning
- noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
allocation; parceling; apportionment; allotment; parcelling; assignation.
- the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
allocate; apportion.
- I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
- I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
- noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- virtus2/5
virtu
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
connoisseurship; vertu.
- noun artistic quality
vertu.
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
- transportable2/5
transportable
- adjective satellite capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
transferrable; transferable; movable; moveable.
- adjective satellite capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
- orth2/5
orth
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- torturer2/5
torturer
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- martingale2/5
martingale
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- noun spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
dolphin striker.
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- dartmoor2/5
dartmoor
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- maarten2/5
maarten
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- orthopaedics2/5
orthopaedics
- noun the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
orthopedics.
- noun the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
- vertu2/5
vertu
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
connoisseurship; virtu.
- noun artistic quality
virtu.
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
- partout2/5
partout
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- northrup2/5
northrup
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- reasserting2/5
reassert
- verb strengthen or make more firm
confirm.
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
- verb strengthen or make more firm
- inverters2/5
inverter
- noun an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current
- noun an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current
- intertwine2/5
intertwine
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
twine; lace; interlace; enlace; entwine.
- intertwine the ribbons
- Twine the threads into a rope
- intertwined hearts
- verb make lacework by knotting or looping
tat.
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
- orthosis2/5
orthosis
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- northbound2/5
northbound
- adjective satellite moving toward the north
northward.
- the northbound lane
- we took the north train
- the northward flow of traffic
- adjective satellite moving toward the north
- quartier2/5
quartier
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- humberto2/5
humberto
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- arteriolar2/5
arteriolar
- adjective of or relating to or involving arterioles
- adjective of or relating to or involving arterioles
- antipoverty2/5
antipoverty
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- snorts2/5
snort
- noun a disrespectful laugh
snicker; snigger.
- noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
razz; boo; razzing; Bronx cheer; hoot; hiss; raspberry; bird.
- noun a disrespectful laugh
- northcote2/5
northcote
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- neocortical2/5
neocortical
- adjective of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum
- adjective of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum
- startups2/5
startup
- noun the act of setting in operation
- repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive
- noun the act of starting a new operation or practice
inauguration.
- he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation
- the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes
- noun the act of setting in operation
- coverts2/5
covert
- noun a flock of coots
- noun a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
concealment; screen; cover.
- a screen of trees afforded privacy
- under cover of darkness
- the brush provided a covert for game
- the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
- noun a flock of coots
- propertius2/5
- bertelsmann2/5
bertelsmann
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- birthmark2/5
birthmark
- noun a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
nevus.
- noun a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
- orts2/5
ort
A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural. Milton.Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. Shak.
- unconverted2/5
unconverted
- adjective satellite not converted
unpersuaded.
- adjective satellite not converted
- fortin2/5
fortin
A little fort; a fortlet. Obs.
- thwarts2/5
thwart
- noun a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
cross thwart.
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- noun a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- perturbative2/5
perturbative
Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing. Sir J. Herschel.
- restarts2/5
restart
- verb start an engine again, for example
re-start.
- verb take up or begin anew
re-start; resume.
- We resumed the negotiations
- verb start an engine again, for example
- mineralocorticoid2/5
mineralocorticoid
- noun hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium
- noun hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium
- artificers2/5
artificer
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
discoverer; inventor.
- noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
journeyman; artisan; craftsman.
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
- desertions2/5
desertion
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
abandonment; defection.
- his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
- noun the act of giving something up
abandonment; forsaking.
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- curtsy2/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- porting2/5
port
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- noun sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
port wine.
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- sportswriter2/5
sportswriter
- noun a journalist who writes about sports
sports writer.
- noun a journalist who writes about sports
- spurting2/5
spurting
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
spouting; jetting; squirting.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; spirt; gush.
- water gushed forth
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
- orthorhombic2/5
orthorhombic
(Crystallog.) Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization .
- effortful2/5
effortful
- adjective requiring great physical effort
- adjective requiring great physical effort
- carters2/5
carter
- noun Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
Howard Carter.
- noun 39th President of the United States (1924-)
President Carter; Jimmy Carter; James Earl Carter; James Earl Carter Jr..
- noun Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
- chartering2/5
charter
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- noun a contract to hire or lease transportation
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- countertops2/5
- certificated2/5
certificated
- adjective satellite furnished with or authorized by a certificate: "certificated teachers"
- verb present someone with a certificate
certificate.
- adjective satellite furnished with or authorized by a certificate: "certificated teachers"
- kenilworth2/5
- culverts2/5
culvert
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- arthropathy2/5
arthropathy
- noun a pathology or abnormality of a joint
- noun a pathology or abnormality of a joint
- orthopsychiatry2/5
orthopsychiatry
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- undertow2/5
undertow
- noun an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
- his account had a poignant undertow of regret
- noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
sea purse; sea-puss; sea puss; sea-poose; sea-purse.
- noun an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
- foreshortened2/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- vertue2/5
vertue
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- unarticulated2/5
unarticulated
- adjective not consisting of segments that are held together by joints
- adjective satellite uttered without the use of normal words or syllables
- adjective not consisting of segments that are held together by joints
- astarte2/5
astarte
(Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.
- invertible2/5
invertible
- adjective having an additive or multiplicative inverse
- adjective having an additive or multiplicative inverse
- partaken2/5
partake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- verb have, give, or receive a share of
partake in; share.
- We shared the cake
- verb have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- amortize2/5
amortize
- verb liquidate gradually
amortise.
- verb liquidate gradually
- controverted2/5
controvert
- verb be resistant to
contradict; oppose.
- The board opposed his motion
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
rebut; refute.
- verb be resistant to
- charta2/5
charta
(Law) (a) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper. (b) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta .
- chartists2/5
chartist
- noun a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
- noun a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities
technical analyst.
- noun a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
- seaworthy2/5
seaworthy
- adjective fit for a sea voyage
- adjective fit for a sea voyage
- carting2/5
carting
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
cartage.
- verb draw slowly or heavily
haul; hale; drag; cart.
- haul stones
- haul nets
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
- garters2/5
garter
- noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
supporter.
- verb fasten with or as if with a garter
- noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
- martensitic2/5
- gertrud2/5
gertrud
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- artificer2/5
artificer
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
discoverer; inventor.
- noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
journeyman; artisan; craftsman.
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
- o'flaherty2/5
o'flaherty
- noun Irish writer of short stories (1896-1984)
Liam O'Flaherty.
- noun Irish writer of short stories (1896-1984)
- squirted2/5
squirt
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
pip-squeak; small fry.
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; spirt; jet.
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
- worthier2/5
worthy
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- he told his story to some conservative worthies
- local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable
- adjective having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
- a worthy fellow
- a worthy cause
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- arter2/5
aft
- adjective (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- adverb at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
abaft; astern.
- stow the luggage aft
- ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
- the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
- adjective (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- northumbrian2/5
northumbrian
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. --n. A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.
- heartrending2/5
heartrending
- adjective satellite causing or marked by grief or anguish
heartbreaking; grievous.
- a grievous loss
- a grievous cry
- her sigh was heartbreaking
- the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
- adjective satellite causing or marked by grief or anguish
- chortled2/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- portobello2/5
portobello
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- sportive2/5
sportive
- adjective relating to or interested in sports
- adjective satellite given to merry frolicking
coltish; frolicsome; frolicky; rollicking.
- frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes
- adjective relating to or interested in sports
- nortriptyline2/5
nortriptyline
- noun a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs
Pamelor.
- noun a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs
- artifactual2/5
artifactual
- adjective of or relating to artifacts
artefactual.
- adjective of or relating to artifacts
- shirtsleeves2/5
shirtsleeves
- noun not wearing a jacket
- in your shirtsleeves" means you are not wearing anything over your shirt
- in hot weather they dined in their shirtsleeves
- noun the sleeve of a shirt
shirtsleeve.
- noun not wearing a jacket
- vertiginous2/5
vertiginous
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; dizzy; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
- tartly2/5
tartly
- adverb in a tart manner
- `Never mind your immortal soul,' she said tartly
- adverb in a tart manner
- forthrightly2/5
forthrightly
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
squarely; forthright.
- to face a problem squarely
- the responsibility lies squarely with them
- spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
- shorting2/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- berthe2/5
berth
- noun a job in an organization
office; billet; spot; place; situation; position; post.
- he occupied a post in the treasury
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
moorage; slip; mooring.
- noun a job in an organization
- tortoiseshell2/5
tortoiseshell
- noun the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
- noun brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
tortoiseshell butterfly.
- noun the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
- travertine2/5
travertine
(Min.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.
- cartographers2/5
cartographer
- noun a person who makes maps
map maker.
- noun a person who makes maps
- cartas2/5
- shirtless2/5
shirtless
Not having or wearing a shirt. Pope. --Shirt"less*ness , n.
- martinet2/5
martinet
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
moralist; disciplinarian.
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- arteriole2/5
arteriole
- noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
arteriola; capillary artery.
- noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
- cartouche2/5
cartouche
- noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
cartouch.
- noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
- opportunistically2/5
opportunistically
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- garten2/5
garten
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- orthodontics2/5
orthodontics
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
dental orthopedics; dental orthopaedics; orthodontia; orthodonture.
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- charterhouse2/5
charterhouse
- noun a Carthusian monastery
- noun a Carthusian monastery
- perturbing2/5
perturbing
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing; distressful; troubling; disturbing; worrying; worrisome.
- distressing (or disturbing) news
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
- a disturbing amount of crime
- a revelation that was most perturbing
- a new and troubling thought
- in a particularly worrisome predicament
- a worrying situation
- a worrying time
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
- fortyfive2/5
fortyfive
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- cartes2/5
carte
- noun a list of dishes available at a restaurant
bill of fare; menu; carte du jour; card.
- the menu was in French
- noun a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- culbertson2/5
culbertson
- noun United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)
Ely Culbertson.
- noun United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)
- importunity2/5
importunity
- noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
urging; urgency.
- his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
- noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
- reapportionment2/5
reapportionment
- noun a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
reallotment; reallocation.
- noun a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
- intertribal2/5
intertribal
- adjective between or among tribes
- intertribal warfare
- adjective between or among tribes
- tartrate2/5
tartrate
- noun a salt or ester of tartaric acid
- noun a salt or ester of tartaric acid
- artillerymen2/5
artilleryman
- noun a serviceman in the artillery
cannoneer; machine gunner; gunner.
- noun a serviceman in the artillery
- charterer2/5
charterer
One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.
- bertin2/5
bertin
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- underreporting2/5
- perturb2/5
perturb
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
- The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
- comforters2/5
comforter
- noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
sympathizer; sympathiser.
- noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
allayer; reliever.
- a reliever of anxiety
- an allayer of fears
- noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
- overtraining2/5
overtraining
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- heartwood2/5
heartwood
- noun the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
duramen.
- noun the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
- undistorted2/5
undistorted
- adjective satellite without alteration or misrepresentation
- his judgment was undistorted by emotion
- adjective satellite without alteration or misrepresentation
- carthusian2/5
carthusian
(Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
- everted2/5
evert
- noun United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)
Christine Marie Evert; Chrissie Evert; Chris Evert.
- verb turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
- evert the eyelid
- noun United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)
- hypertrophied2/5
hypertrophied
- adjective (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
enlarged.
- hypertrophied myocardial fibers
- verb undergo hypertrophy
hypertrophy.
- muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids
- adjective (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
- introverts2/5
introvert
- noun (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
- verb fold inwards
invaginate.
- some organs can invaginate
- noun (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
- startles2/5
startle
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
jump; start.
- he awoke with a start
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
- importations2/5
importation
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
importing.
- noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
import.
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
- courthouses2/5
courthouse
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- noun a building that houses judicial courts
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- verticals2/5
vertical
- noun something that is oriented vertically
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
upright.
- the ball sailed between the uprights
- noun something that is oriented vertically
- particularist2/5
particularist
One who holds to particularism. --Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic , a.
- nefertiti2/5
nefertiti
- noun queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC)
- noun queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC)
- orthotopic2/5
orthotopic
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- portlet2/5
portlet
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- northerner2/5
northerner
One born or living in the north.
- flirtations2/5
flirtation
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; dalliance; flirting; flirt; toying.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- mouthparts2/5
mouthpart
- noun any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
- noun any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
- portends2/5
portend
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb indicate by signs
- tartaric2/5
tartaric
- adjective relating to or derived from or resembling tartar
- tartaric acid
- adjective relating to or derived from or resembling tartar
- interquartile2/5
- fuerte2/5
fuerte
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- dirtiest2/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- convertibles2/5
convertible
- noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- noun a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
convertible security.
- noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- horthy2/5
horthy
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- cartesianism2/5
cartesianism
The philosophy of Descartes.
- concertina2/5
concertina
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- noun free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- heartwarming2/5
heartwarming
- adjective satellite causing gladness and pleasure
- Is there a sight more heartwarming than a family reunion?
- adjective satellite causing gladness and pleasure
- chartism2/5
chartism
The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.
- northmen2/5
northman
- noun an inhabitant of Scandinavia
Norse; Scandinavian.
- noun an inhabitant of Scandinavia
- brokenhearted2/5
brokenhearted
- adjective satellite full of sorrow
heartbroken; heartsick.
- adjective satellite full of sorrow
- birthrates2/5
birthrate
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
birth rate; fertility; fertility rate; natality.
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
- adverted2/5
advert
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advertising; advertisement; advertizement; advertizing.
- verb give heed (to)
hang; give ear; attend; pay heed.
- The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
- She hung on his every word
- They attended to everything he said
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- cavorting2/5
cavort
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb play boisterously
- bartle2/5
bartle
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- parthia2/5
parthia
- noun an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226
- noun an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226
- sartor2/5
sartor
- noun a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
tailor; seamster.
- noun a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
- antihypertensives2/5
antihypertensive
- noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure
antihypertensive drug.
- noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure
- megahertz2/5
megahertz
- noun one million periods per second
megacycle; MHz; Mc; megacycle per second.
- noun one million periods per second
- farts2/5
fart
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
flatus; farting; breaking wind; wind.
- verb expel intestinal gases through the anus
break wind.
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- aborting2/5
abort
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
- he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
- verb terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- birthdate2/5
birthdate
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- portholes2/5
porthole
- noun a window in a ship or airplane
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
port; embrasure.
- noun a window in a ship or airplane
- curtsied2/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- virtuously2/5
virtuously
- adverb in a moral manner
morally.
- he acted morally under the circumstances
- adverb in a chaste and virtuous manner
chastely.
- she lived chastely
- adverb in a moral manner
- dirtier2/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- arthralgia2/5
arthralgia
- noun pain in a joint or joints
- noun pain in a joint or joints
- hayworth2/5
hayworth
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- adrenocorticotropic2/5
adrenocorticotropic
- adjective satellite stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotrophic.
- adjective satellite stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
- artha2/5
artha
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- quarterbacks2/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- sportswriters2/5
sportswriter
- noun a journalist who writes about sports
sports writer.
- noun a journalist who writes about sports
- virtu2/5
virtu
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
connoisseurship; vertu.
- noun artistic quality
vertu.
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
- sweatshirts2/5
sweatshirt
- noun cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity
- noun cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity
- flirts2/5
flirt
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
minx; prickteaser; tease; vamper; coquette; vamp.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; dalliance; flirting; flirtation; toying.
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- porticoes2/5
portico
- noun a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- noun a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- comfortless2/5
comfortless
- adjective satellite without comfort
- a comfortless room
- adjective satellite without comfort
- oporto2/5
oporto
- noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
Porto.
- noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
- fortis2/5
fortis
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- torticollis2/5
torticollis
- noun an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
wryneck.
- noun an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
- supportable2/5
supportable
- adjective satellite capable of being borne though unpleasant
sufferable; bearable; endurable.
- sufferable punishment
- adjective satellite capable of being borne though unpleasant
- halfheartedly2/5
halfhearted
- adjective satellite feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
tepid; lukewarm; half-hearted.
- a halfhearted effort
- gave only lukewarm support to the candidate
- adjective satellite feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
- wertheim2/5
wertheim
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- tartarus2/5
tartarus
(Class. Myth.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.
- cortland2/5
cortland
- noun large apple with a red skin
- noun large apple with a red skin
- nonparty2/5
- diverticular2/5
diverticular
(Anat.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.
- fortier2/5
forty
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
XL; 40.
- adjective satellite being ten more than thirty
twoscore; xl; 40.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
- interparticle2/5
- exportable2/5
exportable
- adjective suitable for export
- exportable cultural achievements
- adjective suitable for export
- consorting2/5
consort
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- noun a family of similar musical instrument playing together
choir.
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- headquarter2/5
headquarter
- verb provide with headquarters
- the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey
- verb provide with headquarters
- microparticles2/5
- smartness2/5
smartness
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smarting; smart.
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
cleverness; brightness.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- pontchartrain2/5
pontchartrain
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- curtsey2/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- foreshortening2/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- galsworthy2/5
galsworthy
- noun English novelist (1867-1933)
John Galsworthy.
- noun English novelist (1867-1933)
- orthoses2/5
- earthing2/5
earthing
- noun fastening electrical equipment to earth
grounding.
- verb hide in the earth like a hunted animal
earth.
- noun fastening electrical equipment to earth
- inadvertence2/5
inadvertence
- noun an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
oversight.
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertency.
- noun an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
- kindergartners2/5
kindergartner
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
preschooler; kindergartener.
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
- overtaxed2/5
overtax
- verb tax excessively
- Don't overtax my constituents!
- verb tax excessively
- overturns2/5
overturn
- noun the act of upsetting something
upset; turnover.
- he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
- noun an improbable and unexpected victory
upset.
- the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
- noun the act of upsetting something
- mortify2/5
mortify
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- verb hold within limits and control
crucify; subdue.
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- horta2/5
horta
- noun Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947)
Victor Horta.
- noun Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947)
- teleportation2/5
teleportation
- noun a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
- noun a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
- tartary2/5
tartary
Tartarus. Obs. Spenser.
- upstarts2/5
upstart
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
- noun a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
arriviste; parvenu; nouveau-riche.
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
- verticality2/5
verticality
- noun position at right angles to the horizon
uprightness; erectness; verticalness.
- noun position at right angles to the horizon
- portended2/5
portend
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb indicate by signs
- partials2/5
partial
- noun the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
partial derivative.
- noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
partial tone; overtone.
- noun the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
- thalamocortical2/5
thalamocortical
- adjective relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus
- the thalamocortical system
- adjective relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus
- squirting2/5
squirting
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
spouting; jetting; spurting.
- verb cause to come out in a squirt
force out; squirt; squeeze out; eject.
- the boy squirted water at his little sister
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
- polyarteritis2/5
polyarteritis
- noun inflammation of several arteries
- noun inflammation of several arteries
- discourteous2/5
discourteous
- adjective showing no courtesy; rude
- a distant and at times discourteous young
- adjective satellite lacking social graces
ungracious.
- adjective showing no courtesy; rude
- northcliffe2/5
northcliffe
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- darth2/5
darth
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- darter2/5
darter
- noun fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
snakebird; anhinga.
- noun a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
- squirrels are darters
- noun fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
- antepartum2/5
antepartum
- adjective occurring or existing before birth
antenatal; prenatal.
- the prenatal period
- antenatal care
- adjective occurring or existing before birth
- extorting2/5
extort
- verb obtain through intimidation
- verb obtain by coercion or intimidation
gouge; squeeze; wring; rack.
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
- verb obtain through intimidation
- qwerty2/5
qwerty
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- aftertaste2/5
aftertaste
- noun an afterimage of a taste
- noun an afterimage of a taste
- partied2/5
party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
- participations2/5
participation
- noun the act of sharing in the activities of a group
involution; engagement; involvement.
- the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities
- noun the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
involvement.
- noun the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- narthex2/5
narthex
- noun portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church
- noun a vestibule leading to the nave of a church
- noun portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church
- antiabortion2/5
antiabortion
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- mortalities2/5
mortality
- noun the quality or state of being mortal
- noun the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
fatality rate; deathrate; mortality rate; death rate.
- noun the quality or state of being mortal
- partaker2/5
partaker
- noun someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
sharer.
- noun someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
- pertinently2/5
pertinently
- adverb in a pertinent way
- what is singular about his use of them is that no other artist, of his time or any other, has painted them so directly, intimately and pertinently
- adverb in a pertinent way
- orthotics2/5
- reasserts2/5
reassert
- verb strengthen or make more firm
confirm.
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
- verb strengthen or make more firm
- orthotic2/5
orthotic
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- tartuffe2/5
tartuffe
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
- furth2/5
forth
- noun a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
Forth River.
- adverb from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
away; off.
- ran away from the lion
- wanted to get away from there
- sent the children away to boarding school
- the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal
- went off to school
- they drove off
- go forth and preach
- noun a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
- paravertebral2/5
- arthrography2/5
arthrography
- noun roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram
- noun roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram
- carmarthen2/5
carmarthen
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- certes2/5
certes
Certainly; in truth; verily. ArchaicCertes it great pity was to see Him his nobility so foul deface. Spenser.
- libertines2/5
libertine
- noun a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
debauchee; rounder.
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
debauched; dissolute; fast; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; riotous; profligate.
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- noun a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
- parthenogenesis2/5
parthenogenesis
- noun human conception without fertilization by a man
parthenogeny; virgin birth.
- noun process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
parthenogeny.
- noun human conception without fertilization by a man
- watersports2/5
- intertext2/5
intertext
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- tertium2/5
tertium
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- comports2/5
comport
- verb behave well or properly
behave.
- The children must learn to behave
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; bear; behave; conduct; carry; deport.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb behave well or properly
- pertinacity2/5
pertinacity
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- kindhearted2/5
kindhearted
- adjective satellite having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition
kind-hearted.
- a generous and kindhearted teacher
- adjective satellite having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition
- tortuosity2/5
tortuosity
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
tortuousness; contortion; crookedness; torsion.
- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
- the acrobat performed incredible contortions
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
- hertzog2/5
- heartaches2/5
heartache
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
grief; brokenheartedness; heartbreak.
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
- compartmental2/5
compartmental
- adjective satellite divided up into compartments or categories
compartmentalized; compartmentalised.
- most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized
- adjective satellite divided up into compartments or categories
- earthlings2/5
earthling
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
earthman; tellurian; worldling.
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
- partitive2/5
partitive
- noun word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
- adjective (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
- a partitive construction
- noun word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
- underparts2/5
underpart
- noun a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body
- the warbler has a white throat and underparts
- a woodland mouse with white underparts
- noun a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body
- martialed2/5
martial
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
soldierlike; warriorlike; soldierly.
- a military bearing
- noun Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
- offertory2/5
offertory
- noun the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- noun the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
- noun the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- purty2/5
pretty
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- pretty girl
- pretty song
- pretty room
- adjective satellite (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
- a pretty mess
- a pretty kettle of fish
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- perverting2/5
pervert
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
deviate; deviant; degenerate.
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- fibrocartilage2/5
fibrocartilage
- noun cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
- noun cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
- extortionate2/5
extortionate
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
usurious; outrageous; exorbitant; unconscionable; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- morts2/5
mort
A great quantity or number. Prov. Eng.There was a mort of merrymaking. Dickens.
- insertional2/5
insertional
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- unsorted2/5
unsorted
- adjective satellite not arranged according to size
- adjective satellite not categorized or sorted
uncategorised; uncategorized.
- adjective satellite not arranged according to size
- disarticulation2/5
disarticulation
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- disconcertingly2/5
disconcertingly
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- carty2/5
carty
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- ghiberti2/5
- proportioning2/5
proportion
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- noun magnitude or extent
dimension.
- a building of vast proportions
- noun the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- tortfeasors2/5
tortfeasor
- noun a party who has committed a tort
tort-feasor.
- noun a party who has committed a tort
- compartmentalize2/5
compartmentalize
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
compartmentalise; cut up.
- You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
- satterthwaite2/5
- underreported2/5
- discomforting2/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- parterre2/5
parterre
- noun an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
- noun seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)
parquet circle.
- noun an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
- unsupportive2/5
unsupportive
- adjective not furnishing support or assistance
- adjective not furnishing support or assistance
- portcullis2/5
portcullis
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- tertius2/5
tertius
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- blurting2/5
blurt
- verb utter impulsively
ejaculate; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- verb utter impulsively
- martyrology2/5
martyrology
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
- unfertilized2/5
unfertilized
- adjective satellite not having been fertilized
unfertilised; unimpregnated.
- an unfertilized egg
- adjective satellite not having been fertilized
- heartiness2/5
heartiness
- noun active strength of body or mind
vigor; vigour; dynamism.
- noun the quality of hearty sincerity
wholeheartedness.
- noun active strength of body or mind
- heartlands2/5
heartland
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- overtopping2/5
overtop
- verb look down on
overlook; dominate; command.
- The villa dominates the town
- verb look down on
- muerto2/5
muerto
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- mirthful2/5
mirthful
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
jocund; gay; jolly; jovial; merry.
- when hearts were young and gay
- a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- the jolly crowd at the reunion
- jolly old Saint Nick
- a jovial old gentleman
- have a merry Christmas
- peals of merry laughter
- a mirthful laugh
- adjective satellite arousing or provoking laughter
funny; risible; amusing; laughable; comic; comical.
- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- crts2/5
crt
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
cathode-ray tube.
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
- farting2/5
farting
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
fart; flatus; breaking wind; wind.
- verb expel intestinal gases through the anus
break wind; fart.
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- opportunely2/5
opportunely
- adverb at an opportune time
- he arrived rather opportunely just when we needed a new butler
- adverb at an opportune time
- blurts2/5
blurt
- verb utter impulsively
ejaculate; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- verb utter impulsively
- stillbirths2/5
stillbirth
- noun a natural loss of the products of conception
miscarriage; spontaneous abortion.
- noun a natural loss of the products of conception
- deporting2/5
deport
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; comport; bear; behave; conduct; carry.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
deliver; extradite.
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- verb behave in a certain manner
- hortatory2/5
hortatory
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
exhortatory; hortative; exhortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- suppertime2/5
suppertime
- noun the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
dinnertime.
- noun the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
- worthing2/5
worth
- noun an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- 10 dollars worth of gasoline
- noun the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
- noun an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- nurturer2/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- articulator2/5
articulator
- noun someone who pronounces words
- noun a movable speech organ
- noun someone who pronounces words
- neandertals2/5
neandertal
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neanderthal man; Neanderthal; Neandertal man.
- adjective relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
Neanderthal; Neanderthalian.
- Neanderthal skull
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
- shirtwaist2/5
shirtwaist
- noun a blouse with buttons down the front
shirtwaister.
- in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister
- noun a blouse with buttons down the front
- subparts2/5
subpart
- noun a part of a part
- noun a part of a part
- inertness2/5
inertness
- noun immobility by virtue of being inert
- noun immobility by virtue of being inert
- verte2/5
verte
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- importunities2/5
importunity
- noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
urging; urgency.
- his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
- noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
- discourtesy2/5
discourtesy
- noun an expression of lack of respect
disrespect.
- noun a manner that is rude and insulting
rudeness.
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- mortgaging2/5
mortgage
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- verb put up as security or collateral
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- unimportance2/5
unimportance
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
obscureness; humbleness; lowliness.
- noun the quality of not being important or worthy of note
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
- hamartoma2/5
hamartoma
- noun a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ
- noun a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ
- appurtenant2/5
appurtenant
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
auxiliary; accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; ancillary.
- an ancillary pump
- an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
- The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
- squirts2/5
squirt
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
pip-squeak; small fry.
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; spirt; jet.
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
- mortician2/5
mortician
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
funeral undertaker; funeral director; undertaker.
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
- nurturant2/5
nurturant
- adjective satellite providing physical and emotional care and nourishment
- adjective satellite providing physical and emotional care and nourishment
- cartwheel2/5
cartwheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- noun acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- immortalize2/5
immortalize
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize; immortalise.
- This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
- We memorialized the Dead
- verb make famous forever
eternalize; eternalise; eternize; eternise; immortalise.
- This melody immortalized its composer
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- artsy2/5
artsy
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- orthotropic2/5
orthotropic
(Bot.) Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems. Encyc. Brit.
- hogwarts2/5
hogwarts
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- partis2/5
partis
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- shortbread2/5
shortbread
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
shortbread cookie.
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
- aborts2/5
abort
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
- he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
- verb terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- extraverted2/5
extraverted
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
extroverted; extravertive; extrovertive; extravert; extrovert.
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
- shortlist2/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- counterterrorist2/5
counterterrorist
- noun someone who attempts to prevent terrorism
- adjective intended to prevent terrorism
counterterror.
- the government took counterterror measures
- noun someone who attempts to prevent terrorism
- warty2/5
warty
- adjective satellite (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
wartlike; verrucose.
- adjective satellite (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
- rebirths2/5
rebirth
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
metempsychosis.
- noun a second or new birth
reincarnation; renascence.
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
- orthognathic2/5
orthognathic
Orthognathous.
- orthodontist2/5
orthodontist
- noun a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- noun a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- encarta2/5
encarta
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- afterthoughts2/5
afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
rethink; second thought; reconsideration.
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
- noun an addition that was not included in the original plan
- the garage was an afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
- virtuosi2/5
virtuoso
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
mavin; champion; ace; genius; wizard; sensation; maven; adept; whiz; superstar; hotshot; star; whizz; wiz.
- noun a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- bartholin2/5
bartholin
- noun Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)
Caspar Bartholin.
- noun Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)
- polyarthritis2/5
- heartstrings2/5
heartstrings
- noun your deepest feelings of love and compassion
- many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings
- noun your deepest feelings of love and compassion
- terahertz2/5
terahertz
- noun one trillion periods per second
THz.
- noun one trillion periods per second
- northwesterly2/5
northwesterly
- adjective satellite coming from the northwest
northwest.
- northwesterly winds
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northwest
northwestern; northwest.
- adjective satellite coming from the northwest
- northeasterly2/5
northeasterly
- adjective satellite coming from the northeast
northeast.
- northeasterly winds
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northeast
northeastern; northeast.
- the northeasterly part of the island
- adjective satellite coming from the northeast
- afterbirth2/5
afterbirth
- noun the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
- noun the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
- heartsick2/5
heartsick
- adjective satellite full of sorrow
heartbroken; brokenhearted.
- adjective satellite without or almost without hope
despondent.
- despondent about his failure
- too heartsick to fight back
- adjective satellite full of sorrow
- shortsightedness2/5
shortsightedness
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
nearsightedness; myopia.
- noun a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
improvidence.
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- charterers2/5
charterer
One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.
- comfortingly2/5
comfortingly
- adverb in a comforting or consoling manner
consolingly.
- one part of a strange world should be given a comfortingly familiar form
- adverb in a comforting or consoling manner
- quartos2/5
quarto
- noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
4to.
- noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
- amortisation2/5
amortisation
- noun the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
amortization.
- noun payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
amortization.
- noun the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
- porteous2/5
- hortus2/5
hortus
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- torte2/5
torte
- noun rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
- noun rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
- cuarto2/5
cuarto
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- articulators2/5
articulator
- noun someone who pronounces words
- noun a movable speech organ
- noun someone who pronounces words
- hurtle2/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- portraitist2/5
portraitist
- noun a painter or drawer of portraits
limner; portrayer; portrait painter.
- noun a painter or drawer of portraits
- immortalised2/5
immortalise
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
immortalize; memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize.
- This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
- We memorialized the Dead
- verb make famous forever
immortalize; eternalize; eternalise; eternize; eternise.
- This melody immortalized its composer
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- unamortized2/5
unamortized
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- shortchanged2/5
shortchanged
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- partings2/5
parting
- noun the act of departing politely
leave; farewell; leave-taking.
- he disliked long farewells
- he took his leave
- parting is such sweet sorrow
- noun a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
part.
- his part was right in the middle
- noun the act of departing politely
- assortments2/5
assortment
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; variety; motley; miscellanea; mixed bag; salmagundi; miscellany; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalization; compartmentalisation.
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- earthed2/5
earth
- noun the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
globe; world.
- the Earth moves around the sun
- he sailed around the world
- noun the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
ground.
- they dug into the earth outside the church
- noun the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
- creditworthy2/5
creditworthy
- adjective satellite having an acceptable credit rating
responsible.
- a responsible borrower
- adjective satellite having an acceptable credit rating
- cartwheels2/5
cartwheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- noun acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- mortifications2/5
mortification
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
humiliation; chagrin.
- noun the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
gangrene; necrosis; sphacelus.
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
- disarticulated2/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- wartburg2/5
- diverticulosis2/5
diverticulosis
- noun presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon
- noun presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon
- vertebrobasilar2/5
- unescorted2/5
unescorted
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- sarto2/5
sarto
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- concertation2/5
concertation
Strife; contention. Obs. Bailey.
- powertrain2/5
powertrain
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- consorted2/5
consort
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- noun a family of similar musical instrument playing together
choir.
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- prekindergarten2/5
prekindergarten
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- smartphone2/5
smartphone
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- surtax2/5
surtax
- noun an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed
supertax.
- verb levy an extra tax on
- surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000
- noun an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed
- cartooning2/5
cartoon
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
sketch.
- noun a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
animated cartoon; toon.
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- coverture2/5
coverture
Covering; shelter; defence; hiding. Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward.
Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.
- neandertal2/5
neandertal
- adjective satellite ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
boorish; neanderthal; loutish; oafish; swinish.
- was boorish and insensitive
- the loutish manners of a bully
- her stupid oafish husband
- aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neanderthal man; Neanderthal; Neandertal man.
- adjective satellite ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
- fortaleza2/5
fortaleza
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- recertification2/5
recertification
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- reinserted2/5
reinsert
To insert again.
- assortative2/5
assortative
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- libertinism2/5
libertinism
The state of a libertine or freedman. R. Hammond.
- worthiest2/5
worthy
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- he told his story to some conservative worthies
- local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable
- adjective having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
- a worthy fellow
- a worthy cause
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- appertain2/5
appertain
- verb be a part or attribute of
pertain.
- verb be a part or attribute of
- berthing2/5
berth
- noun a job in an organization
office; billet; spot; place; situation; position; post.
- he occupied a post in the treasury
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
moorage; slip; mooring.
- noun a job in an organization
- smarted2/5
smart
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartness; smarting.
- verb be the source of pain
ache; hurt.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- shortlisted2/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- berthed2/5
berth
- noun a job in an organization
office; billet; spot; place; situation; position; post.
- he occupied a post in the treasury
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
moorage; slip; mooring.
- noun a job in an organization
- importuned2/5
importune
- verb beg persistently and urgently
insist.
- I importune you to help them
- verb beg persistently and urgently
- spartina2/5
spartina
- noun grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
genus Spartina.
- noun grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
- virtuosic2/5
- tamworth2/5
tamworth
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- tortuga2/5
tortuga
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- extroverts2/5
extrovert
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
extravert.
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
extroverted; extravertive; extrovertive; extravert; extraverted.
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
- portages2/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- periarticular2/5
- arthralgias2/5
- shirted2/5
shirt
- noun a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- verb put a shirt on
- noun a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- overthrows2/5
overthrow
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body
upset; derangement.
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
- noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- orthoptera2/5
orthopteron
- noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
orthopteran; orthopterous insect.
- noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
- wordsworthian2/5
wordsworthian
- adjective in the manner of William Wordsworth
- adjective in the manner of William Wordsworth
- countertrade2/5
- mortier2/5
mortier
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- harts2/5
hart
- noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
Moss Hart.
- noun United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943)
Lorenz Milton Hart; Lorenz Hart.
- noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
- martello2/5
martello
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- amortizing2/5
amortize
- verb liquidate gradually
amortise.
- verb liquidate gradually
- smarty2/5
smarty
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- verts2/5
vert
(Eng. Forest Law) (a) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve .vert and venison is the duty of the verderer(b) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
- arteriogram2/5
arteriogram
- noun an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium
- noun an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium
- departmentalization2/5
departmentalization
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fortissimo2/5
fortissimo
- noun (music) loud
forte.
- adjective satellite chiefly a direction or description in music
- noun (music) loud
- hartshorn2/5
hartshorn
The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
- bertolucci2/5
bertolucci
- noun Italian filmmaker (born in 1940)
Bernardo Bertolucci.
- noun Italian filmmaker (born in 1940)
- blameworthiness2/5
blameworthiness
- noun a state of guilt
culpability; culpableness.
- noun a state of guilt
- earthward2/5
earthward
Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.
- tertia2/5
tertia
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ascertains2/5
ascertain
- verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
find out; find; determine.
- find the product of two numbers
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- airworthiness2/5
airworthiness
- noun fitness to fly
- the plane received a certificate of airworthiness
- noun fitness to fly
- sortes2/5
sort
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
kind; form; variety.
- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
- noun an approximate definition or example
- she wore a sort of magenta dress
- she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- prevertebral2/5
prevertebral
(Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.
- nonparticipation2/5
nonparticipation
- noun withdrawing from the activities of a group
non-engagement; non-involvement.
- noun withdrawing from the activities of a group
- norberto2/5
norberto
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- horticulturist2/5
horticulturist
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
plantsman.
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- nasturtium2/5
nasturtium
- noun any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
- noun aquatic herbs
genus Nasturtium.
- noun any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
- orthogonally2/5
orthogonal
- adjective satellite not pertinent to the matter under consideration
impertinent; extraneous; immaterial.
- an issue extraneous to the debate
- the price was immaterial
- mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
- adjective satellite statistically unrelated
- adjective satellite not pertinent to the matter under consideration
- repertories2/5
repertory
- noun a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
- noun the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
repertoire.
- the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism
- has a large repertory of dialects and characters
- noun a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
- hearthstone2/5
hearthstone
- noun a stone that forms a hearth
- noun a stone that forms a hearth
- hertzian2/5
hertzian
- adjective of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work
- Hertzian discoveries
- adjective of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work
- distortionary2/5
- shortcake2/5
shortcake
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- porticos2/5
portico
- noun a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- noun a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- mortgagees2/5
mortgagee
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
mortgage holder.
- the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
- bonapartist2/5
bonapartist
One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.
- dirtied2/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- sartain2/5
certain
- adjective satellite definite but not specified or identified
- set aside a certain sum each week
- to a certain degree
- certain breeds do not make good pets
- certain members have not paid their dues
- a certain popular teacher
- a certain Mrs. Jones
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
sure.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite definite but not specified or identified
- heartiest2/5
hearty
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- gave us a cordial reception
- a hearty welcome
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; square; satisfying.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- fortifies2/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- quartermasters2/5
quartermaster
- noun an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
- noun an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
- newsworthiness2/5
newsworthiness
- noun the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
news.
- the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial
- he is no longer news in the fashion world
- noun the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
- heartlessness2/5
heartlessness
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
hardheartedness; coldheartedness.
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
- flirty2/5
flirty
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- disproportionality2/5
disproportionality
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
- repartition2/5
repartition
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- verticillium2/5
verticillium
- noun a fungus of the genus Verticillium
- noun a fungus of the genus Verticillium
- orthophosphate2/5
orthophosphate
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
phosphate; inorganic phosphate.
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
- gigahertz2/5
gigahertz
- noun 1,000,000,000 periods per second
gigacycle per second; gigacycle; Gc; GHz.
- noun 1,000,000,000 periods per second
- downhearted2/5
downhearted
- adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
blue; dispirited; down in the mouth; depressed; downcast; down; gloomy; low; low-spirited; grim.
- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
- adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
- quasiparticle2/5
quasiparticle
- noun a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
- noun a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
- martyrdoms2/5
martyrdom
- noun death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
- noun any experience that causes intense suffering
calvary.
- noun death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
- nonparticipants2/5
nonparticipant
- noun a person who does not participate
- noun a person who does not participate
- cartouches2/5
cartouch
- noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
cartouche.
- noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
- djakarta2/5
djakarta
- noun capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century
Jakarta; capital of Indonesia.
- noun capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century
- forthrightness2/5
forthrightness
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; candour; directness; frankness.
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
- curtails2/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- hyperthyroid2/5
hyperthyroid
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- barthelme2/5
barthelme
- noun United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)
Donald Barthelme.
- noun United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)
- particleboard2/5
particleboard
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- gertrudis2/5
gertrudis
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- quartette2/5
quartette
- noun four performers or singers who perform together
quartet.
- noun a set of four similar things considered as a unit
quadruplet; quartet; quadruple.
- noun four performers or singers who perform together
- nonparticipating2/5
nonparticipating
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- heartworm2/5
heartworm
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- everts2/5
evert
- noun United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)
Christine Marie Evert; Chrissie Evert; Chris Evert.
- verb turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
- evert the eyelid
- noun United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)
- farthings2/5
farthing
- noun a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
- noun a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
- intraparty2/5
- rapporteurs2/5
rapporteur
- noun a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
- noun a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
- unworthily2/5
unworthily
- adverb in an unworthy manner
- adverb in an unworthy manner
- artemus2/5
artemus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- mirthless2/5
mirthless
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- sartrean2/5
- bertillon2/5
bertillon
- noun French criminologist (1853-1914)
Alphonse Bertillon.
- noun French criminologist (1853-1914)
- tortola2/5
tortola
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- liverworts2/5
liverwort
- noun any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
hepatic.
- noun any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
- rearticulation2/5
rearticulation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- artilleryman2/5
artilleryman
- noun a serviceman in the artillery
cannoneer; machine gunner; gunner.
- noun a serviceman in the artillery
- extortions2/5
extortion
- noun an exorbitant charge
- noun unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
- the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty
- noun an exorbitant charge
- warthog2/5
warthog
- noun African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
- noun African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
- hypertensives2/5
hypertensive
- noun a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
- adjective having abnormally high blood pressure
- noun a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
- amortizable2/5
amortizable
Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.
- birthmarks2/5
birthmark
- noun a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
nevus.
- noun a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
- mortared2/5
mortar
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
howitzer; trench mortar.
- noun used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- seaworthiness2/5
seaworthiness
- noun fitness to traverse the seas
fitness.
- noun fitness to traverse the seas
- intertexts2/5
- osteoarthritic2/5
osteoarthritic
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cherts2/5
chert
- noun variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
- noun variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
- sortal2/5
sortal
Pertaining to a sort. Obs. Locke.
- pseudarthrosis2/5
- adverting2/5
advert
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advertising; advertisement; advertizement; advertizing.
- verb give heed (to)
hang; give ear; attend; pay heed.
- The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
- She hung on his every word
- They attended to everything he said
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- cartoonish2/5
- parturient2/5
parturient
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- parturient pangs
- the parturient uterus
- adjective satellite giving birth
- a parturient heifer
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- arthrosis2/5
arthrosis
(Anat.) Articulation.
- averts2/5
avert
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
stave off; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; ward off; forfend.
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
- verb turn away or aside
turn away.
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- outsmarted2/5
outsmart
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
beat; overreach; outwit; outfox; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
outmanoeuvre; outmaneuver.
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
- parthenogenetic2/5
parthenogenetic
- adjective satellite (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
agamic; agamogenetic; apomictic; agamous.
- adjective satellite (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
- noninverting2/5
- alertly2/5
alertly
- adverb in mentally perceptive and responsive way
- she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs
- adverb in mentally perceptive and responsive way
- harmsworth2/5
harmsworth
- noun British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth; Viscount Northcliffe.
- noun British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)
- articulately2/5
articulately
- adverb with eloquence
eloquently.
- he expressed his ideas eloquently
- adverb in an articulate manner
eloquently.
- he argued articulately for his plan
- adverb with eloquence
- tenderhearted2/5
tenderhearted
- adjective satellite easily moved to love
- adjective satellite easily moved by another's distress
- a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race"- W.M.Thackeray
- adjective satellite easily moved to love
- bharti2/5
bharti
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- northeastward2/5
northeastward
- noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
NE; northeast; nor'-east.
- adjective satellite toward the northeast
- noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
- girths2/5
girth
- noun the distance around a person's body
- noun stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
cinch.
- noun the distance around a person's body
- bartolommeo2/5
bartolommeo
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- cartesians2/5
cartesian
- noun a follower of Cartesian thought
- adjective of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works
- Cartesian linguistics
- noun a follower of Cartesian thought
- propertyless2/5
propertyless
- adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
working-class; wage-earning; blue-collar.
- party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
- adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
- miniskirts2/5
miniskirt
- noun a very short skirt
mini.
- noun a very short skirt
- mortises2/5
mortise
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortice.
- verb cut a hole for a tenon in
mortice.
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- mineralocorticoids2/5
mineralocorticoid
- noun hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium
- noun hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium
- overtired2/5
overtire
- verb tire excessively
overweary; overfatigue.
- verb tire excessively
- shorthanded2/5
shorthand
- noun a method of writing rapidly
stenography; tachygraphy.
- adjective satellite written in abbreviated or symbolic form
- shorthand notes
- noun a method of writing rapidly
- intraarterial2/5
- incontrovertibly2/5
incontrovertibly
- adverb in an obvious and provable manner
demonstrably; provably.
- his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong
- adverb in an obvious and provable manner
- certifiable2/5
certifiable
- adjective satellite fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
certified.
- adjective satellite capable of being guaranteed or certified
- a certifiable fact
- adjective satellite fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
- warmhearted2/5
warmhearted
- adjective marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity
- gave a warmhearted welcome to the stranger
- adjective marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity
- arteriosclerotic2/5
arteriosclerotic
- adjective affected by arteriosclerosis
- adjective affected by arteriosclerosis
- urticarial2/5
- quartic2/5
quartic
- noun an algebraic equation of the fourth degree
biquadratic; fourth power; biquadrate.
- noun an algebraic equation of the fourth degree
- pertinacious2/5
pertinacious
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
tenacious; dour; dogged; persistent; unyielding.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
- myrtles2/5
myrtle
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Vinca minor.
- noun any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
- cartographies2/5
cartography
- noun the making of maps and charts
mapmaking.
- noun the making of maps and charts
- disproportional2/5
disproportional
- adjective out of proportion
disproportionate.
- adjective out of proportion
- nurturers2/5
nurturers
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fertilizes2/5
fertilize
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilise.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilise; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- comported2/5
comport
- verb behave well or properly
behave.
- The children must learn to behave
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; bear; behave; conduct; carry; deport.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb behave well or properly
- jugurtha2/5
- hortensia2/5
hortensia
- noun deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis.
- noun very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads
Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia; golden glow; double gold.
- noun deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
- cartulary2/5
cartulary
A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.
- contortion2/5
contortion
- noun the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
deformation.
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
tortuousness; crookedness; tortuosity; torsion.
- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
- the acrobat performed incredible contortions
- noun the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
- abortionists2/5
abortionist
- noun a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
- noun a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
- earthling2/5
earthling
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
earthman; tellurian; worldling.
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
- tarter2/5
tart
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
- noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- particularize2/5
particularize
- verb be specific about
specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- sorters2/5
sorter
- noun a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
- noun a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes
- noun a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
- appertains2/5
appertain
- verb be a part or attribute of
pertain.
- verb be a part or attribute of
- artefactual2/5
artefactual
- adjective of or relating to artifacts
artifactual.
- adjective of or relating to artifacts
- furtwangler2/5
furtwangler
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- orthopedist2/5
orthopedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopaedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- parterres2/5
parterre
- noun an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
- noun seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)
parquet circle.
- noun an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
- extraverts2/5
extravert
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
extrovert.
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
extroverted; extravertive; extrovertive; extraverted; extrovert.
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
- bipartisanship2/5
bipartisanship
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- partygoers2/5
partygoer
- noun someone who is attending a party
- the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers
- noun someone who is attending a party
- contorting2/5
contort
- verb twist and press out of shape
wring; distort; deform.
- verb twist and press out of shape
- carthusians2/5
carthusian
- noun a member of the Carthusian order
- adjective of or relating to the Carthusian order
- noun a member of the Carthusian order
- arthropoda2/5
arthropoda
(Zoöl.) A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. --Ar*throp"o*dal a.
- fertilising2/5
fertilise
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilize.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
- invertase2/5
invertase
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
saccharase; sucrase.
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
- assertoric2/5
- intracortical2/5
- fainthearted2/5
fainthearted
- adjective satellite lacking conviction or boldness or courage
faint-hearted; faint; timid.
- faint heart ne'er won fair lady
- adjective satellite lacking conviction or boldness or courage
- orthopnea2/5
orthopnea
- noun form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris
- noun form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris
- virtuosos2/5
virtuoso
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
mavin; champion; ace; genius; wizard; sensation; maven; adept; whiz; superstar; hotshot; star; whizz; wiz.
- noun a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- norther2/5
norther
- noun a wind that blows from the north
northerly; north wind; boreas.
- noun a wind that blows from the north
- abortionist2/5
abortionist
- noun a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
- noun a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
- birthplaces2/5
birthplace
- noun the place where someone was born
place of birth.
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; cradle; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun the place where someone was born
- unsupportable2/5
unsupportable
- adjective satellite not able to be supported or defended
- adjective satellite not able to be supported or defended
- overexertion2/5
overexertion
- noun excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results
- noun excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results
- mortmain2/5
mortmain
- noun real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
dead hand.
- noun the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
dead hand of the past; dead hand.
- noun real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
- nasturtiums2/5
nasturtium
- noun any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
- noun aquatic herbs
genus Nasturtium.
- noun any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
- aortoiliac2/5
- hypertonicity2/5
hypertonicity
- noun (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other
- noun (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
hypertonus; hypertonia.
- noun (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other
- horticulturists2/5
horticulturist
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
plantsman.
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- sportscaster2/5
sportscaster
- noun an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events
sports commentator; sports announcer.
- noun an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events
- reinsertion2/5
reinsertion
The act of reinserting.
- arthroscope2/5
arthroscope
- noun a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination
- noun a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination
- repartimiento2/5
repartimiento
A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes. W. Irving.
- antiapartheid2/5
antiapartheid
- adjective opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa
- an antiapartheid leader
- adjective opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa
- kurta2/5
kurta
- noun a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
- noun a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
- earthiness2/5
earthiness
The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
- vertebrata2/5
vertebrata
(Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebræ, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.
- quadripartite2/5
quadripartite
- adjective satellite involving four parties
four-party.
- adjective satellite involving four parties
- tertio2/5
- kilohertz2/5
kilohertz
- noun one thousand periods per second
kc; kHz; kilocycle per second; kilocycle.
- noun one thousand periods per second
- apartado2/5
- urtica2/5
urtica
(Bot.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle , n.
- courtliness2/5
courtliness
- noun elegance suggestive of a royal court
- noun elegance suggestive of a royal court
- hertha2/5
hertha
- noun the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord
Nerthus.
- noun the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord
- viertel2/5
viertel
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- disproportionation2/5
disproportionation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- immortalization2/5
immortalization
The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.
- dirtiness2/5
dirtiness
- noun the state of being unsanitary
uncleanness.
- noun the state of containing dirty impurities
- noun the state of being unsanitary
- imperturbably2/5
imperturbable
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
unflappable.
- hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm
- an imperturbable self-possession
- unflappable in a crisis
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
- uncertified2/5
uncertified
- adjective lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement
- adjective lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement
- antemortem2/5
antemortem
- adjective preceding death
- antemortem confession
- adjective preceding death
- lamberts2/5
lambert
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
L.
- noun English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Constant Lambert; Leonard Constant Lambert.
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
- wurtzite2/5
wurtzite
- noun a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide
- noun a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide
- suerte2/5
- shirtsleeve2/5
shirtsleeve
- noun the sleeve of a shirt
- noun the sleeve of a shirt
- vortical2/5
vortical
Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; --as, a .vortical motionVor"ti*cal*ly , adv.
- partage2/5
partage
Division; the act of dividing or sharing. Obs. Fuller.
- antiparticle2/5
antiparticle
- noun a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
- noun a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
- reconverted2/5
reconvert
- verb convert back
- Hollywood is reconverting old films
- verb convert back
- artemia2/5
artemia
(Zoöl.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp .
- northwestward2/5
northwestward
- noun the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
nor'-west; NW; northwest.
- adjective satellite toward the northwest
- noun the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
- equipartition2/5
- curtilage2/5
curtilage
- noun the enclosed land around a house or other building
yard; grounds.
- it was a small house with almost no yard
- noun the enclosed land around a house or other building
- consortiums2/5
consortium
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
pool; syndicate.
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
- supportiveness2/5
- northing2/5
north
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
northward; due north; N.
- noun the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- courtin2/5
courtin
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- charte2/5
chart
- noun a visual display of information
- noun a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
- noun a visual display of information
- serta2/5
serta
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- tortellini2/5
tortellini
- noun small ring-shaped stuffed pasta
- noun small ring-shaped stuffed pasta
- expertness2/5
expertness
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
expertise.
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
- partita2/5
partita
- noun one of the variations contained in a partita
- noun (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century
- noun one of the variations contained in a partita
- orthographies2/5
orthography
- noun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
writing system.
- noun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
- quarta2/5
quarta
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tertian2/5
tertian
- adjective relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
- tertian fever
- adjective of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
- a tertian tonal system
- adjective relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
- inartistic2/5
inartistic
- adjective satellite lacking aesthetic sensibility;
unartistic.
- adjective satellite lacking aesthetic sensibility;
- coarticulation2/5
coarticulation
(Anat.) The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.
- vertus2/5
vertu
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
connoisseurship; virtu.
- noun artistic quality
virtu.
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
- orthoclase2/5
orthoclase
- noun a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
- noun a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
- artfulness2/5
artfulness
- noun the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage
- noun the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage
- transcortical2/5
transcortical
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- articled2/5
articled
- adjective satellite bound by contract
apprenticed; indentured; bound.
- verb bind by a contract; especially for a training period
article.
- adjective satellite bound by contract
- compartmentation2/5
- artemisinin2/5
- farted2/5
fart
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
flatus; farting; breaking wind; wind.
- verb expel intestinal gases through the anus
break wind.
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- importuning2/5
importune
- verb beg persistently and urgently
insist.
- I importune you to help them
- verb beg persistently and urgently
- cathartics2/5
cathartic
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
aperient; purgative; physic.
- adjective satellite emotionally purging
psychotherapeutic.
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- unseaworthy2/5
unseaworthy
- adjective unfit for a voyage
- adjective unfit for a voyage
- shortchange2/5
shortchange
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- deportable2/5
deportable
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- importune2/5
importune
- verb beg persistently and urgently
insist.
- I importune you to help them
- verb beg persistently and urgently
- portioned2/5
portion
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; part; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun something less than the whole of a human artifact
part.
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
- portugese2/5
- upperparts2/5
- proportionably2/5
proportionable
- adjective satellite proportionate
- adjective satellite proportionate
- intertrochanteric2/5
intertrochanteric
(Anat.) Between the trochanters of the femur.
- intertwines2/5
intertwine
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
twine; lace; interlace; enlace; entwine.
- intertwine the ribbons
- Twine the threads into a rope
- intertwined hearts
- verb make lacework by knotting or looping
tat.
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
- articulable2/5
articulable
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- certitudes2/5
certitude
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
overconfidence; cocksureness.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- particularization2/5
particularization
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
particularisation; detailing.
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
- concertmaster2/5
concertmaster
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sportfishing2/5
sportfishing
- noun the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
fishing.
- noun the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
- tartare1/5
tartare
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- partite1/5
partite
(Bot.) Divided nearly to the base; as, a .partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base
- burthens1/5
burthen
- noun a variant of `burden'
- verb weight down with a load
weight down; weight; burden.
- noun a variant of `burden'
- artus1/5
artus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- quartzites1/5
quartzite
- noun hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
- noun hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
- incertitude1/5
incertitude
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- portentously1/5
portentously
- adverb in a portentous manner
- portentously, the engines began to roll
- adverb in a portentous manner
- periportal1/5
- storting1/5
storting
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- heartthrob1/5
heartthrob
- noun an object of infatuation
- noun an object of infatuation
- frankfurters1/5
frankfurter
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
frank; dog; hot dog; wiener; wienerwurst; weenie; hotdog.
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- ouverte1/5
ouverte
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- gilberts1/5
gilbert
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
Gb; Gi.
- noun a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
William Gilbert; Sir William Gilbert; William S. Gilbert; William Schwenk Gilbert.
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
- apertura1/5
apertura
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- quartiers1/5
- hypertonia1/5
hypertonia
- noun (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
hypertonus; hypertonicity.
- noun (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
- overtopped1/5
overtop
- verb look down on
overlook; dominate; command.
- The villa dominates the town
- verb look down on
- valsartan1/5
valsartan
- noun an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure
Diovan.
- noun an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure
- chortle1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- fertilise1/5
fertilise
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilize.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
- cartage1/5
cartage
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
carting.
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
- shirttail1/5
shirttail
- noun a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
- noun fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- noun a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
- reportorial1/5
reportorial
Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the .reportorial staff of a newspaper
- quasiparticles1/5
quasiparticle
- noun a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
- noun a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
- myrtaceae1/5
myrtaceae
- noun trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
myrtle family; family Myrtaceae.
- noun trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
- abortus1/5
abortus
- noun a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
- noun a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
- polyarticular1/5
- burtons1/5
burton
- noun English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
Sir Richard Burton; Richard Burton; Sir Richard Francis Burton.
- noun Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)
Richard Burton.
- noun English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
- courtships1/5
courtship
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
wooing; suit; courting.
- its was a brief and intense courtship
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- costovertebral1/5
- kartik1/5
kartik
- noun the eighth month of the Hindu calendar
Karttika.
- noun the eighth month of the Hindu calendar
- yurts1/5
yurt
- noun a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
- noun a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
- porterhouse1/5
porterhouse
- noun large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
porterhouse steak.
- noun large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
- rearticulated1/5
- antiparticles1/5
antiparticle
- noun a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
- noun a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
- participator1/5
participator
One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.
- carmarthenshire1/5
- chortling1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- barthold1/5
barthold
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lightheartedly1/5
lighthearted
- adjective satellite carefree and happy and lighthearted
light-hearted; blithe; lightsome; blithesome.
- was loved for her blithe spirit
- a merry blithesome nature
- her lighthearted nature
- trilling songs with a lightsome heart
- adjective satellite carefree and happy and lighthearted
- shorthorn1/5
shorthorn
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
Durham.
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
- apartness1/5
apartness
The quality of standing apart.
- decertification1/5
decertification
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- artium1/5
artium
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- uncertificated1/5
- torta1/5
torta
(Metal.) a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
- proportionable1/5
proportionable
- adjective satellite proportionate
- adjective satellite proportionate
- hearthrug1/5
hearthrug
- noun a rug spread out in front of a fireplace
- noun a rug spread out in front of a fireplace
- charterparty1/5
- arthrogryposis1/5
- worts1/5
wort
- noun usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
- noun unfermented or fermenting malt
- noun usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
- undershirts1/5
undershirt
- noun a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
vest; singlet.
- noun a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- cavorted1/5
cavort
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb play boisterously
- untrustworthiness1/5
untrustworthiness
- noun the trait of not deserving trust or confidence
untrustiness.
- noun the trait of not deserving trust or confidence
- unfortified1/5
unfortified
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- murther1/5
murther
Murder, n. & v. Obs. or Prov. "The treason of the murthering." Chaucer.
- bartending1/5
bartending
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- curtesy1/5
courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- abortifacient1/5
abortifacient
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
abortion-inducing drug; aborticide.
- adjective satellite causing abortion
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- pinkertons1/5
- vertues1/5
virtue
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
virtuousness; moral excellence.
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
merit.
- work of great merit
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- artlessness1/5
artlessness
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; ingenuousness; innocence.
- noun ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
- divertissement1/5
divertissement
A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.
- aftertax1/5
- hypertexts1/5
hypertext
- noun machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected
- Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper"--Ted Nelson
- noun machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected
- thirtysomething1/5
- shirtfront1/5
shirtfront
- noun the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket)
- he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront
- noun a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
dicky; dickie; dickey.
- noun the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket)
- earthmoving1/5
earthmoving
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tartans1/5
tartan
- noun a cloth having a crisscross design
plaid.
- noun a cloth having a crisscross design
- supportively1/5
supportive
- adjective furnishing support or assistance
- a supportive family network
- his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer
- adjective furnishing support or assistance
- bartholdi1/5
bartholdi
- noun French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
- noun French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor
- lightheartedness1/5
lightheartedness
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
lightsomeness; carefreeness; insouciance.
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
- mortlake1/5
- unassertive1/5
unassertive
- adjective inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence
- a shy unassertive person
- adjective inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence
- particularizing1/5
particularize
- verb be specific about
specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- urartian1/5
urartian
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hyperthermic1/5
- partible1/5
partible
- adjective satellite (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided
- a partible estate
- adjective satellite (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided
- tarte1/5
tart
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
- noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- hypertrichosis1/5
- compartmentalizing1/5
compartmentalize
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
compartmentalise; cut up.
- You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
- osteoarthrosis1/5
- portside1/5
- overtop1/5
overtop
- verb look down on
overlook; dominate; command.
- The villa dominates the town
- verb look down on
- earthshaking1/5
earthshaking
- adjective satellite loud enough to shake the very earth
- adjective satellite sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
world-shattering; world-shaking.
- earthshaking proposals
- the contest was no world-shaking affair
- the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering
- adjective satellite loud enough to shake the very earth
- intertropical1/5
intertropical
Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.
- decortication1/5
decortication
- noun removal of the outer covering of an organ or part
- noun removal of the outer covering of an organ or part
- martes1/5
mart
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
market place; marketplace; market.
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- portables1/5
portable
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- adjective easily or conveniently transported
- a portable television set
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- portier1/5
portier
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- postpubertal1/5
- perturbs1/5
perturb
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
- The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
- partons1/5
- turtledove1/5
turtledove
- noun small Australian dove
Stictopelia cuneata; Australian turtledove.
- noun any of several Old World wild doves
- noun small Australian dove
- flirtatiously1/5
flirtatiously
- adverb in a flirtatious manner
coquettishly.
- she smiled coquettishly
- adverb in a flirtatious manner
- artic1/5
artic
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- harten1/5
harten
To hearten; to encourage; to incite. Obs. Spenser.
- artillerists1/5
artillerist
A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
- diverter1/5
diverter
One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.
- orthopyroxene1/5
- fortuneteller1/5
fortuneteller
- noun a person who foretells your personal future
fortune teller.
- noun a person who foretells your personal future
- imperturbability1/5
imperturbability
- noun calm and unruffled self-assurance
coolness; imperturbableness.
- he performed with all the coolness of a veteran
- noun calm and unruffled self-assurance
- herte1/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- compartmentalised1/5
compartmentalised
- adjective satellite divided up into compartments or categories
compartmentalized; compartmental.
- most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
compartmentalise; cut up; compartmentalize.
- You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!
- adjective satellite divided up into compartments or categories
- vertuous1/5
vertuous
Virtuous; powerful. Obs. Spenser.
- interparty1/5
- kurtis1/5
kurtis
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- kirtle1/5
kirtle
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- noun a long dress worn by women
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- virtutis1/5
- partialities1/5
partiality
- noun a predisposition to like something
fancy; fondness.
- he had a fondness for whiskey
- noun an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
partisanship.
- noun a predisposition to like something
- chlorthalidone1/5
chlorthalidone
- noun a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks
Thalidone; Hygroton.
- noun a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks
- surakarta1/5
- nonparticipant1/5
nonparticipant
- noun a person who does not participate
- noun a person who does not participate
- participators1/5
participator
One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.
- retorting1/5
retort
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
rejoinder; return; counter; replication; comeback; riposte.
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- noun a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- martialled1/5
martial
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
soldierlike; warriorlike; soldierly.
- a military bearing
- noun Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
- dartboard1/5
dartboard
- noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
dart board.
- noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
- heartbreaker1/5
heartbreaker
- noun a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships
- noun a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute
- noun a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships
- misreporting1/5
misreport
To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
- arthroplasties1/5
arthroplasty
- noun surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint
- noun surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint
- heartier1/5
hearty
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- gave us a cordial reception
- a hearty welcome
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; square; satisfying.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- petworth1/5
petworth
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- unseaworthiness1/5
unseaworthiness
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- tartness1/5
tartness
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
sour; sourness.
- noun a sharp sour taste
acerbity.
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- ninurta1/5
ninurta
- noun a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
Ninib.
- noun a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
- intertextually1/5
- heartlessly1/5
heartlessly
- adverb in a heartless manner
- she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers
- adverb in a heartless manner
- martyrium1/5
- pertinaciously1/5
pertinaciously
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- he struggled pertinaciously for the new resolution
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- parthenium1/5
parthenium
- noun small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers
genus Parthenium.
- noun small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers
- parturients1/5
parturient
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- parturient pangs
- the parturient uterus
- adjective satellite giving birth
- a parturient heifer
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- martinican1/5
martinican
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- kindergartner1/5
kindergartner
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
preschooler; kindergartener.
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
- hardhearted1/5
hardhearted
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
heartless.
- adjective satellite devoid of feeling for others
unfeeling; stonyhearted.
- an unfeeling wretch
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
- pennyworth1/5
pennyworth
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
penn'orth.
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
- artlessly1/5
artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
inexpertly; crudely.
- an inexpertly constructed lean-to
- adverb in an ingenuous manner
ingenuously.
- she answered the judge's questions artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
- teleported1/5
teleport
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- concerti1/5
concerto
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- inconvertible1/5
inconvertible
- adjective used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
unconvertible; unexchangeable.
- adjective satellite not capable of being changed into something else
untransmutable.
- the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals
- adjective used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
- cartloads1/5
cartload
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- hartebeest1/5
hartebeest
- noun a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
- noun a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
- shortenings1/5
shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- noun act of decreasing in length
- the dress needs shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- aortography1/5
- unearths1/5
unearth
- verb bring to light
- The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President
- verb recover through digging
excavate.
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
- verb bring to light
- horticulturalists1/5
horticulturalists
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- vorticism1/5
- osteoarthropathy1/5
- corticotrophin1/5
corticotrophin
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotrophic hormone; corticotropin; adrenocorticotropic hormone; adrenocorticotropin; ACTH; adrenocorticotrophin.
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- certifier1/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- intertestamental1/5
- couverture1/5
couverture
- noun chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter
- noun chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter
- shortchanging1/5
shortchanging
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- coldhearted1/5
coldhearted
- adjective lacking in sympathy or feeling
- adjective lacking in sympathy or feeling
- hemarthrosis1/5
- disporting1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- portending1/5
portend
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb indicate by signs
- entertainingly1/5
entertainingly
- adverb in an entertaining manner
- Byron's consumed memoirs possessed the merit of being well and entertainingly written
- adverb in an entertaining manner
- partizan1/5
partizan
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
enthusiast; partisan.
- noun a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
partisan.
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- parthenos1/5
- rigoberto1/5
rigoberto
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- unascertained1/5
- alembert's1/5
alembert's
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- barberton1/5
barberton
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- divertimento1/5
divertimento
- noun a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
serenade.
- noun a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
- artel1/5
rotl
- noun a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- noun a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- hearten1/5
hearten
- verb give encouragement to
embolden; cheer; recreate.
- verb give encouragement to
- reverter1/5
reverter
One who, or that which, reverts.
- nonimportation1/5
nonimportation
Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
- shortgrass1/5
shortgrass
- noun any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
short-grass.
- noun any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
- arthrotomy1/5
- barthian1/5
- smartphones1/5
smartphones
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- portugais1/5
portugais
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- portamento1/5
portamento
(Mus.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone.
- porticus1/5
porticus
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- preconcerted1/5
preconcerted
- adjective satellite previously arranged or agreed on
- following preconcerted plans
- adjective satellite previously arranged or agreed on
- arthroscopically1/5
- repertorium1/5
- unsportsmanlike1/5
unsportsmanlike
- adjective satellite violating accepted standards or rules
cheating; dirty; foul; unsporting.
- a dirty fighter
- used foul means to gain power
- a nasty unsporting serve
- fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
- adjective satellite violating accepted standards or rules
- adrenocorticotropin1/5
adrenocorticotropin
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotrophic hormone; corticotropin; adrenocorticotropic hormone; ACTH; adrenocorticotrophin; corticotrophin.
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- transportability1/5
transportability
The quality or state of being transportable.
- overtax1/5
overtax
- verb tax excessively
- Don't overtax my constituents!
- verb tax excessively
- chambertin1/5
chambertin
A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.
- dishearten1/5
dishearten
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
- crashworthiness1/5
- blackshirts1/5
blackshirt
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
- compartmented1/5
compartmented
- adjective divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units
- a compartmented box
- the protected and compartmented society of Beacon Hill"- John Mason Brown
- adjective divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units
- assertible1/5
- vortexes1/5
vortex
- noun the shape of something rotating rapidly
swirl; whirl; convolution.
- noun a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
maelstrom; whirlpool.
- noun the shape of something rotating rapidly
- shirting1/5
shirting
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- verb put a shirt on
shirt.
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- bonapartism1/5
bonapartism
The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.
- portulaca1/5
portulaca
- noun a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
- noun a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
- cortile1/5
cortile
An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.
- morta1/5
morta
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- tertiaries1/5
tertiary
- noun from 63 million to 2 million years ago
Tertiary period.
- adjective satellite coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
3rd; third.
- noun from 63 million to 2 million years ago
- libertinage1/5
libertinage
Libertinism; license. R.
- nonassertive1/5
nonassertive
- adjective satellite not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence
- she was quiet and nonassertive as she took control
- adjective satellite not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence
- flowcharting1/5
flowchart
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
flow sheet; flow chart; flow diagram.
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
- libertador1/5
libertador
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- yogurts1/5
yogurt
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
yoghurt; yoghourt.
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
- preparticipation1/5
- girts1/5
gird
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
build up; fortify; arm.
- The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
- troops are building up on the Iraqi border
- verb put a girdle on or around
girdle.
- gird your loins
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- smarties1/5
smarties
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- disproportioned1/5
disproportion
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- filberts1/5
filbert
- noun small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
Corylus avellana grandis; Corylus avellana; cobnut.
- noun nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
cobnut; cob; hazelnut.
- noun small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
- partizans1/5
partizan
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
enthusiast; partisan.
- noun a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
partisan.
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- apportions1/5
apportion
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
allocate.
- I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
- I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
- verb give out as one's portion or share
deal; share; divvy up; portion out.
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
- hartal1/5
hartal
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- n'importe1/5
n'importe
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- unorthodoxy1/5
unorthodoxy
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
heresy; heterodoxy.
- noun a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
heresy.
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- mortised1/5
mortise
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortice.
- verb cut a hole for a tenon in
mortice.
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- amortised1/5
amortise
- verb liquidate gradually
amortize.
- verb liquidate gradually
- dirtying1/5
dirtying
- noun the act of soiling something
soiling; soilure.
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; dirty; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- noun the act of soiling something
- hertzsprung1/5
hertzsprung
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- concertante1/5
concertante
(Mus.) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, .concertante parts
- heartbreakingly1/5
heartbreaking
- adjective satellite causing or marked by grief or anguish
grievous; heartrending.
- a grievous loss
- a grievous cry
- her sigh was heartbreaking
- the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
- adjective satellite causing or marked by grief or anguish
- tirthankara1/5
tirthankara
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- immortalizing1/5
immortalize
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize; immortalise.
- This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
- We memorialized the Dead
- verb make famous forever
eternalize; eternalise; eternize; eternise; immortalise.
- This melody immortalized its composer
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- bartlesville1/5
bartlesville
- noun a town in northeastern Oklahoma
- noun a town in northeastern Oklahoma
- portress1/5
portress
A female porter. Milton.
- orthomolecular1/5
orthomolecular
- adjective satellite designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals
- orthomolecular medicine
- orthomolecular therapy
- adjective satellite designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals
- rearticulate1/5
rearticulate
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- worths1/5
worth
- noun an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- 10 dollars worth of gasoline
- noun the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
- noun an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- ultraorthodox1/5
- contorta1/5
contorta
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- appurtenance1/5
appurtenance
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
gear; paraphernalia.
- noun a supplementary component that improves capability
add-on; supplement; accessory.
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- shorthair1/5
shorthair
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- tartrazine1/5
tartrazine
(Chem.) An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.
- verticillata1/5
verticillata
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- parto1/5
parto
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- hurtles1/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- contortionist1/5
contortionist
- noun an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions
- noun an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions
- darters1/5
darter
- noun fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
snakebird; anhinga.
- noun a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
- squirrels are darters
- noun fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
- copartnership1/5
copartnership
- noun a partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages
- noun a partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages
- impertinently1/5
impertinently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
pertly; impudently; freshly; saucily.
- a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
- compartmentalisation1/5
compartmentalisation
- noun a mild state of dissociation
compartmentalization.
- noun the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalization; assortment.
- noun a mild state of dissociation
- cartload1/5
cartload
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- mrta1/5
mrta
- noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru; Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.
- noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia
- subfertility1/5
- orthodontists1/5
orthodontist
- noun a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- noun a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- malapportionment1/5
- anorthite1/5
anorthite
- noun rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks
- noun rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks
- northumbrians1/5
northumbrian
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. --n. A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.
- hirta1/5
hirta
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- discomforted1/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- fibrocartilaginous1/5
fibrocartilaginous
- adjective of or relating to fibrocartilage
- adjective of or relating to fibrocartilage
- partim1/5
partim
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- neanderthalensis1/5
neanderthalensis
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- extraarticular1/5
extraarticular
(Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.
- nonparties1/5
- particularised1/5
particularised
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
particularized.
- particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
- microparticle1/5
microparticle
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- bizerte1/5
- supportability1/5
- certosa1/5
- impartation1/5
impartation
- noun the transmission of information
conveyance; imparting.
- noun the transmission of information
- orthographically1/5
orthographically
In an orthographical manner :(a) according to the rules of proper spelling ;(b) according to orthographic projection.
- northen1/5
northern
- noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
- adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- Northern liberals
- northern industry
- northern cities
- noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
- adrenocorticotrophic1/5
adrenocorticotrophic
- adjective satellite stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotropic.
- adjective satellite stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
- nonorthogonal1/5
- fortyish1/5
- martingales1/5
martingale
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- noun spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
dolphin striker.
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- heartshaped1/5
heartshaped
Having the shape of a heart; cordate .
- quartus1/5
- extortionist1/5
extortionist
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
blackmailer; extortioner.
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- pushcarts1/5
pushcart
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
handcart; go-cart; cart.
- he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
- their pushcart was piled high with groceries
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
- uncontroverted1/5
- hyperadrenocorticism1/5
hyperadrenocorticism
- noun a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol
Cushing's syndrome.
- noun a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol
- softhearted1/5
softhearted
- adjective easily moved to pity or sorrow
soft-boiled.
- a softhearted judge
- adjective easily moved to pity or sorrow
- arteriopathy1/5
- smartass1/5
smarta
- noun one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism
- noun one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism
- bartók1/5
- morticians1/5
mortician
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
funeral undertaker; funeral director; undertaker.
- noun one whose business is the management of funerals
- curtseyed1/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- pertly1/5
pertly
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
impertinently; impudently; freshly; saucily.
- a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
- appertained1/5
appertain
- verb be a part or attribute of
pertain.
- verb be a part or attribute of
- orthogonalization1/5
orthogonalization
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- deportability1/5
deportability
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- cartelization1/5
cartelization
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- trimurti1/5
trimurti
(Hindoo Myth.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindoo gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. Spelled also Trimurtti .
- portas1/5
porta
- noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
orifice; opening.
- the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart
- noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- artiodactyla1/5
artiodactyla
(Zoöl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.
- handcarts1/5
handcart
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
go-cart; cart; pushcart.
- he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
- their pushcart was piled high with groceries
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
- decorticate1/5
decorticate
- verb remove the outer layer of
- decorticate a tree branch
- verb remove the cortex of (an organ)
- verb remove the outer layer of
- arthrocentesis1/5
arthrocentesis
- noun removal of fluid from a joint by centesis
- noun removal of fluid from a joint by centesis
- curtailments1/5
curtailment
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- noun the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
suppression.
- a suppression of the newspaper
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- outsmarting1/5
outsmart
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
beat; overreach; outwit; outfox; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
outmanoeuvre; outmaneuver.
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
- nonexperts1/5
- furthermost1/5
furthermost
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
uttermost; furthest; utmost; farthest; farthermost.
- had traveled to the farthest frontier
- don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree
- explored the furthest reaches of space
- the utmost tip of the peninsula
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
- curtsies1/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- goodhearted1/5
goodhearted
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- rebirthing1/5
rebirth
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
metempsychosis.
- noun a second or new birth
reincarnation; renascence.
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
- hamartia1/5
hamartia
- noun the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
tragic flaw.
- noun the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
- aspartyl1/5
aspartyl
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- mortuaries1/5
mortuary
- noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
morgue; dead room.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of death
- noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
- certifiably1/5
certifiable
- adjective satellite fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
certified.
- adjective satellite capable of being guaranteed or certified
- a certifiable fact
- adjective satellite fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
- effortlessness1/5
effortlessness
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- uncurtained1/5
uncurtained
- adjective not provided with curtains
curtainless.
- blank, curtainless windows stared back at her
- adjective not provided with curtains
- orthodromic1/5
orthodromic
Of or pertaining to orthodromy.
- mortgagors1/5
mortgagor
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
mortgager.
- we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
- overtreatment1/5
- deportee1/5
deportee
- noun a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
exile.
- noun a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
- arteriotomy1/5
arteriotomy
(Med.) The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.
- arthropathies1/5
arthropathy
- noun a pathology or abnormality of a joint
- noun a pathology or abnormality of a joint
- courtrai1/5
- orthographical1/5
orthographical
Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter wasorthographic .
- disproportionally1/5
disproportional
- adjective out of proportion
disproportionate.
- adjective out of proportion
- departmentalized1/5
departmentalized
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- nonconvertible1/5
nonconvertible
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- artocarpus1/5
artocarpus
- noun evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit
genus Artocarpus.
- noun evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit
- tortuously1/5
tortuously
- adverb with twists and turns
- adverb in a tortuous manner
- tortuously haggling over the price
- adverb with twists and turns
- appartement1/5
appartement
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- certs1/5
cert
- noun an absolute certainty
- it's a dead cert
- noun an absolute certainty
- tartlets1/5
tartlet
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- portieres1/5
portiere
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- corta1/5
corta
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- parthenope1/5
- perty1/5
perty
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- cartographical1/5
cartographical
- adjective of or relating to the making of maps or charts
cartographic.
- adjective of or relating to the making of maps or charts
- exhorter1/5
exhorter
One who exhorts or incites.
- sportswomen1/5
sportswoman
- noun someone who engages in sports
sport; sportsman.
- noun someone who engages in sports
- voortrekker1/5
voortrekker
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- overtaxing1/5
overtax
- verb tax excessively
- Don't overtax my constituents!
- verb tax excessively
- unchartered1/5
unchartered
- adjective not chartered
- adjective not chartered
- supertanker1/5
supertanker
- noun the largest class of oil tankers
- noun the largest class of oil tankers
- nonstarter1/5
nonstarter
- noun a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
failure; unsuccessful person; loser.
- noun a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
- noun a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- quarterlies1/5
quarterly
- noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of a quarter
- quarterly report
- noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- chorten1/5
chorten
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- distortive1/5
distortive
Causing distortion.
- shorthaired1/5
- bortz1/5
bortz
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- postmortems1/5
postmortem
- noun discussion of an event after it has occurred
post-mortem.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; necropsy; post-mortem examination; autopsy; PM.
- noun discussion of an event after it has occurred
- martyrologies1/5
martyrology
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
- martinmas1/5
martinmas
(Eccl.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called Percy Smith.martlemans .
- virtuousness1/5
virtuousness
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
moral excellence; virtue.
- noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- portiere1/5
portiere
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- concertino1/5
concertino
(Mus.) A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.
- certifiers1/5
certifier
One who certifies or assures.
- virtualities1/5
virtuality
The quality or state of being virtual.
- portance1/5
portance
See Obs. Spenser. Shak.Port , carriage, demeanor.
- reinserting1/5
reinsert
To insert again.
- lacerta1/5
lacerta
A fathom. Obs. Domesday Book.
- divertor1/5
- kindergarteners1/5
kindergartener
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
preschooler; kindergartner.
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
- arthrogram1/5
arthrogram
- noun an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium
- noun an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium
- tartarin1/5
- sportscasters1/5
sportscaster
- noun an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events
sports commentator; sports announcer.
- noun an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events
- inserter1/5
inserter
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- openhearted1/5
openhearted
- adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
sympathetic; kindly; benevolent; large-hearted; charitable; good-hearted.
- was charitable in his opinions of others
- kindly criticism
- a kindly act
- sympathetic words
- a large-hearted mentor
- adjective satellite freely communicative; candidly straightforward
- openhearted advice
- adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
- particularisms1/5
particularism
- noun a focus on something particular
- noun a focus on something particular
- quarterfinals1/5
quarterfinal
- noun one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
- noun one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
- birthmother1/5
birthmother
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- brownshirts1/5
brownshirt
- noun a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
- noun a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
- verted1/5
vert
(Eng. Forest Law) (a) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve .vert and venison is the duty of the verderer(b) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
- sportsmanlike1/5
sportsmanlike
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
sporting; sporty; clean.
- a clean fight
- a sporting solution of the disagreement
- sportsmanlike conduct
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- bitartrate1/5
bitartrate
- noun an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate
- noun an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate
- warthogs1/5
warthog
- noun African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
- noun African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
- multipartite1/5
multipartite
- adjective satellite involving more than two parties
- adjective satellite involving more than two parties
- artiodactyls1/5
artiodactyl
- noun placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate.
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
even-toed; artiodactylous.
- noun placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
- albertans1/5
- fortuity1/5
fortuity
- noun anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
stroke; accident; chance event.
- winning the lottery was a happy accident
- the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
- it was due to an accident or fortuity
- noun anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- stertorous1/5
stertorous
- adjective satellite of breathing having a heavy snoring sound
- adjective satellite of breathing having a heavy snoring sound
- undershorts1/5
undershorts
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- orthopraxy1/5
orthopraxy
(Med.) The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances.
- voortrekkers1/5
- quartan1/5
quartan
- noun a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
- adjective occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)
- quartan malaria
- noun a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
- extortionists1/5
extortionist
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
blackmailer; extortioner.
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- sportspeople1/5
sportspeople
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- cartman1/5
cartman
One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter.
- tripartism1/5
- braggarts1/5
braggart
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
line-shooter; boaster; blowhard; vaunter; bragger.
- adjective satellite exhibiting self-importance
crowing; big; boastful; cock-a-hoop; bragging; self-aggrandizing; braggy; self-aggrandising.
- big talk
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
- northman1/5
northman
One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.
- bonapartists1/5
bonapartist
One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.
- mortice1/5
mortice
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortise.
- verb cut a hole for a tenon in
mortise.
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- anorthosite1/5
anorthosite
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- nonpartisanship1/5
nonpartisanship
- noun an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
impartiality.
- noun an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
- multiparticle1/5
- aortitis1/5
aortitis
- noun inflammation of the aorta
- noun inflammation of the aorta
- reassortment1/5
reassortment
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- karts1/5
karts
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- karttikeya1/5
karttikeya
- noun Hindu god of bravery
Kartikeya.
- noun Hindu god of bravery
- sarthe1/5
- apportionments1/5
apportionment
- noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
allocation; parceling; apportioning; allotment; parcelling; assignation.
- the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
- noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- concerting1/5
concert
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- pseudoarthrosis1/5
- vorticist1/5
vorticist
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- apporter1/5
apporter
A bringer in; an importer. Obs. Sir M. Hale.
- ciphertexts1/5
- importable1/5
importable
Capable of being imported.
- abortifacients1/5
abortifacient
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
abortion-inducing drug; aborticide.
- adjective satellite causing abortion
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- arthritides1/5
- robertus1/5
robertus
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- aortas1/5
aorta
- noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- martagon1/5
martagon
- noun lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
Lilium martagon; Turk's-cap.
- noun lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
- esparto1/5
esparto
(Bot.) A species of Spanish grass ( Macrochloa tenacissima ), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.
- arterials1/5
arterial
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
- arterial disease
- the arterial system
- arterial blood
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
- hurter1/5
hurt
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; injury; trauma.
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; distress.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- nnrti1/5
nnrti
- noun an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; often used in combination with other drugs
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
- noun an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; often used in combination with other drugs
- heartbreaks1/5
heartbreak
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
grief; heartache; brokenheartedness.
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
- overreporting1/5
- overthrust1/5
overthrust
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- mirthlessly1/5
mirthless
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- curtseying1/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- serting1/5
serting
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- shortish1/5
shortish
- adjective satellite somewhat short
- adjective satellite somewhat short
- smarten1/5
smarten
To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. Colloq.She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black.
- turtlenecks1/5
turtleneck
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtle; polo-neck.
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- portacaval1/5
portacaval
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- birthparents1/5
- mccarthyite1/5
mccarthyite
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- porticoed1/5
porticoed
- adjective satellite marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
amphiprostylar; amphiprostyle; amphistylar.
- adjective satellite marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
- overtype1/5
- kartikeya1/5
kartikeya
- noun Hindu god of bravery
Karttikeya.
- noun Hindu god of bravery
- spartiate1/5
spartiate
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- artillerist1/5
artillerist
A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
- vertexes1/5
vertex
- noun the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
- noun the highest point (of something)
apex; peak; acme.
- at the peak of the pyramid
- noun the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
- hartline1/5
hartline
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- warta1/5
warta
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- artisanship1/5
artisanship
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- dysarthric1/5
- heartsease1/5
heartsease
- noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
pink of my John; wild pansy; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; Viola tricolor.
- noun violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet
Viola ocellata; two-eyed violet.
- noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
- praesertim1/5
- articulateness1/5
articulateness
- noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing
volubility; fluency.
- noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing
- underthings1/5
underthing
Something that is inferior and of little worth. Obs. Beau. & Fl.
- oxcarts1/5
oxcart
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- inarticulately1/5
inarticulately
- adverb without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner
ineloquently.
- the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately
- adverb in an inarticulate manner
- he talked inarticulately about the accident that had just taken his wife's life
- adverb without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner
- airworthy1/5
airworthy
- adjective (of aircraft) fit to fly
- adjective (of aircraft) fit to fly
- verty1/5
verty
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- particularists1/5
particularist
One who holds to particularism. --Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic , a.
- tartlet1/5
tartlet
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- warth1/5
warth
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- apports1/5
apports
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- portaging1/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- precertification1/5
- portolan1/5
portolan
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- irtysh1/5
irtysh
- noun an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River
Irtish River; Irtish; Irtysh River.
- noun an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River
- rearticulating1/5
- nrti1/5
nrti
- noun an antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
- noun an antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs
- parten1/5
parten
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- leptokurtic1/5
- outports1/5
outport
- noun a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
- noun a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
- birthstone1/5
birthstone
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- turtledoves1/5
turtledove
- noun small Australian dove
Stictopelia cuneata; Australian turtledove.
- noun any of several Old World wild doves
- noun small Australian dove
- intertriginous1/5
- thirtyish1/5
- repartees1/5
repartee
- noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
- noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
- portmanteaus1/5
portmanteau
- noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
portmanteau word; blend.
- `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'
- `motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'
- `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau
- noun a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Gladstone; Gladstone bag.
- noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- misreported1/5
misreport
To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
- portraitists1/5
portraitist
- noun a painter or drawer of portraits
limner; portrayer; portrait painter.
- noun a painter or drawer of portraits
- cortically1/5
cortically
- adverb with respect to the cortex
- cortically induced arousal
- adverb with respect to the cortex
- porterage1/5
porterage
- noun the charge for carrying burdens by porters
- noun the transportation of burdens by porters
- noun the charge for carrying burdens by porters
- karter1/5
- contorts1/5
contort
- verb twist and press out of shape
wring; distort; deform.
- verb twist and press out of shape
- geerts1/5
geerts
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- supertankers1/5
supertanker
- noun the largest class of oil tankers
- noun the largest class of oil tankers
- extorts1/5
extort
- verb obtain through intimidation
- verb obtain by coercion or intimidation
gouge; squeeze; wring; rack.
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
- verb obtain through intimidation
- quarterings1/5
quartering
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- noun living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- arteria1/5
arteria
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
artery; arterial blood vessel.
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
- quartzose1/5
quartzose
- adjective relating to or made of quartz
- adjective relating to or made of quartz
- courtside1/5
- birthrights1/5
birthright
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- free public education is the birthright of every American child
- noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
patrimony.
- noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- burthened1/5
burthen
- noun a variant of `burden'
- verb weight down with a load
weight down; weight; burden.
- noun a variant of `burden'
- parter1/5
parter
One who, or which, parts or separates. Sir P. Sidney.
- jogjakarta1/5
jogjakarta
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- partyism1/5
partyism
Devotion to party.
- exhortatory1/5
exhortatory
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
hortatory; hortative; exhortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- apportionable1/5
apportionable
- adjective satellite capable of being distributed
allocatable; allocable.
- adjective satellite capable of being distributed
- shirttails1/5
shirttail
- noun a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
- noun fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- noun a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
- extortioners1/5
extortioner
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
blackmailer; extortionist.
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- impertinences1/5
impertinence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impudence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- erth1/5
erth
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- aftertreatment1/5
- martyrological1/5
martyrological
Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
- subpartition1/5
subpartition
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- hortensis1/5
hortensis
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- fortepiano1/5
- invertibility1/5
- martials1/5
martial
- noun Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
soldierlike; warriorlike; soldierly.
- a military bearing
- noun Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
- deoxycorticosterone1/5
deoxycorticosterone
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- earthman1/5
earthman
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
tellurian; worldling; earthling.
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
- yoghurts1/5
yoghurt
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
yogurt; yoghourt.
- noun a custard-like food made from curdled milk
- gunports1/5
- inarticulateness1/5
inarticulateness
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
- curtness1/5
curtness
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
shortness; gruffness; abruptness; brusqueness.
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
- scarth1/5
- portioning1/5
portion
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
component part; part; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
- noun something less than the whole of a human artifact
part.
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
- teleporting1/5
teleport
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- inexpertly1/5
inexpertly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
artlessly; crudely.
- an inexpertly constructed lean-to
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
- exportations1/5
exportation
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
export.
- noun the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
exporting.
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
- orthopedists1/5
orthopedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopaedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- forequarters1/5
forequarter
- noun the front half of a side of meat
- noun the front half of a side of meat
- craniovertebral1/5
- heriberto1/5
heriberto
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- articulus1/5
articulus
(Zoöl.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
- omerta1/5
omerta
- noun a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
- noun a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
- sportif1/5
sportif
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- inertias1/5
inertia
- noun a disposition to remain inactive or inert
inactivity; inactiveness.
- he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work
- noun (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
- noun a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- cakravartin1/5
- barters1/5
barter
- noun an equal exchange
swop; swap; trade.
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
- verb exchange goods without involving money
- noun an equal exchange
- eastertide1/5
eastertide
- noun the Easter season
- noun the Easter season
- transportations1/5
transportation
- noun a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
transit; transportation system.
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
transfer; conveyance; transport; transferral.
- noun a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
- multipartyism1/5
- tripartition1/5
tripartition
A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.
- articulata1/5
articulata
One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers. ✍ It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms.
- shortliffe1/5
- deporte1/5
deport
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; comport; bear; behave; conduct; carry.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
deliver; extradite.
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- verb behave in a certain manner
- portato1/5
portato
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- fortunetelling1/5
fortunetelling
- noun the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
- noun the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
- tarty1/5
tarty
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- shortstops1/5
shortstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
short.
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- exhorters1/5
exhorter
One who exhorts or incites.
- myrtillus1/5
myrtillus
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- heartbreakers1/5
heartbreaker
- noun a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships
- noun a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute
- noun a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships
- repartitioning1/5
- disproportions1/5
disproportion
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- cuartel1/5
- unasserted1/5
- fortunetellers1/5
fortuneteller
- noun a person who foretells your personal future
fortune teller.
- noun a person who foretells your personal future
- flirtatiousness1/5
flirtatiousness
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- earthlike1/5
earthlike
- adjective satellite earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth
- a range of earthlike colors
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of earth
- earthlike atmosphere
- adjective satellite earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth
- divertissements1/5
divertissement
A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.
- birthdates1/5
- tortricidae1/5
tortricidae
- noun leaf rollers and codling moths
family Tortricidae.
- noun leaf rollers and codling moths
- disported1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- distortional1/5
distortional
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- curtsying1/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- childbirths1/5
childbirth
- noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
childbearing; vaginal birth; accouchement.
- noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
- concertgoers1/5
concertgoers
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- antiparty1/5
antiparty
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- norths1/5
north
- noun the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- noun the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Union.
- he has visited every state in the Union
- Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union
- the North's superior resources turned the scale
- noun the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- counterterror1/5
counterterror
- adjective intended to prevent terrorism
counterterrorist.
- the government took counterterror measures
- adjective intended to prevent terrorism
- comporting1/5
comport
- verb behave well or properly
behave.
- The children must learn to behave
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; bear; behave; conduct; carry; deport.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb behave well or properly
- lionhearted1/5
lionhearted
- adjective satellite extraordinarily courageous
- adjective satellite extraordinarily courageous
- overtrading1/5
overtrading
The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.
- silvertip1/5
silvertip
- noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
silver-tip; grizzly; grizzly bear; Ursus horribilis; Ursus arctos horribilis.
- noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
- earthmen1/5
earthman
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
tellurian; worldling; earthling.
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
- farthingale1/5
farthingale
- noun a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
- noun a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
- hindquarter1/5
hindquarter
- noun the back half of a side of meat
- noun the back half of a side of meat
- colporteurs1/5
colporteur
A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.
- bipartition1/5
bipartition
The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided.
- dartos1/5
dartos
(Anat.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.
- martaban1/5
martaban
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- advertizing1/5
advertizing
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advert; advertising; advertisement; advertizement.
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
push; advertise; promote; advertize.
- The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
- The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- immortally1/5
immortal
- noun a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- Shakespeare is one of the immortals
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god; deity; divinity.
- noun a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- chortles1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- pourtrayed1/5
portray
- verb portray in words
- The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
- verb make a portrait of
depict; limn.
- Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
- verb portray in words
- partiers1/5
- urtext1/5
- cuarta1/5
- cartwheeling1/5
cartwheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- noun acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- retroverted1/5
retrovert
- verb go back to a previous state
return; turn back; revert; regress.
- We reverted to the old rules
- verb go back to a previous state
- cherty1/5
cherty
- adjective resembling or containing chert
- adjective resembling or containing chert
- northlands1/5
northland
- noun any region lying in or toward the north
- noun any region lying in or toward the north
- portail1/5
portail
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- shorthorns1/5
shorthorn
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
Durham.
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
- assorting1/5
assort
- verb keep company with; hang out with
associate; affiliate; consort.
- He associates with strange people
- She affiliates with her colleagues
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; sort out; class; classify.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- verb keep company with; hang out with
- mortising1/5
mortise
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortice.
- verb cut a hole for a tenon in
mortice.
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- shortie1/5
shortie
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- intertrigo1/5
intertrigo
- noun chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
- noun chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
- endarteritis1/5
endarteritis
- noun inflammation of the inner lining of an artery
- noun inflammation of the inner lining of an artery
- hearthstones1/5
hearthstone
- noun a stone that forms a hearth
- noun a stone that forms a hearth
- decorticated1/5
decorticate
- verb remove the outer layer of
- decorticate a tree branch
- verb remove the cortex of (an organ)
- verb remove the outer layer of
- cartoonlike1/5
- orthoptic1/5
orthoptic
- adjective of or relating to normal binocular vision
- adjective of or relating to normal binocular vision
- reexported1/5
reexport
To export again, as what has been imported.
- partless1/5
- colporteur1/5
colporteur
A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.
- countertrend1/5
countertrend
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- portaged1/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- earthier1/5
earthy
- adjective satellite conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
crude; gross; vulgar.
- coarse language
- a crude joke
- crude behavior
- an earthy sense of humor
- a revoltingly gross expletive
- a vulgar gesture
- full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
- adjective satellite not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow
- earthy smells of new-mown grass
- adjective satellite conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- horticulturalist1/5
horticulturalist
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- chlortetracycline1/5
chlortetracycline
- noun a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
Aureomycin.
- noun a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
- corticoids1/5
corticoid
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
adrenal cortical steroid; corticosteroid.
- adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
- tertii1/5
tertii
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- overtrained1/5
overtrained
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- fortunei1/5
fortunei
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- nightshirts1/5
nightshirt
- noun nightclothes worn by men
- noun nightclothes worn by men
- fertilizations1/5
fertilization
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
impregnation; fecundation; fertilisation.
- noun making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
dressing; fecundation; fertilisation.
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- exserted1/5
exsert
- verb thrust or extend out
stretch out; extend; stretch forth; hold out; put out.
- He held out his hand
- point a finger
- extend a hand
- the bee exserted its sting
- verb thrust or extend out
- artemision1/5
artemision
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- jaxartes1/5
jaxartes
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- vertumnus1/5
- cartularies1/5
cartulary
A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.
- sortable1/5
sortable
Capable of being sorted.
- davenports1/5
davenport
- noun a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
- noun a small decorative writing desk
- noun a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
- stouthearted1/5
stouthearted
- adjective satellite used especially of persons
stalwart.
- a stalwart knight
- a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army
- adjective satellite used especially of persons
- supertonic1/5
supertonic
- noun (music) the second note of a diatonic scale
- noun (music) the second note of a diatonic scale
- convertor1/5
convertor
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
converter.
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
- furtiveness1/5
furtiveness
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
sneakiness; stealthiness.
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
- intertransverse1/5
intertransverse
Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ.
- northeaster1/5
northeaster
- noun a storm blowing from the northeast
noreaster.
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northeast
northeasterly; northeastern; northeast.
- the northeasterly part of the island
- noun a storm blowing from the northeast
- cortinas1/5
cortina
- noun a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
- noun a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
- portio1/5
portio
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- fortresslike1/5
fortresslike
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- unadvertised1/5
unadvertised
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- tarted1/5
tart
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
- noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- airth1/5
- advertorial1/5
advertorial
- noun an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report
- noun an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report
- artificialities1/5
artificiality
- noun the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
- noun the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
- courty1/5
courty
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- quarterman1/5
- ecarte1/5
ecarte
- noun a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high
- noun a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high
- fartlek1/5
fartlek
- noun a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise
- noun a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise
- consortial1/5
- arteriograms1/5
arteriogram
- noun an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium
- noun an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium
- decertified1/5
decertify
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
derecognise; derecognize.
- Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
- quarterstaff1/5
quarterstaff
- noun a long stout staff used as a weapon
- noun a long stout staff used as a weapon
- sportsperson1/5
sportsperson
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- zyrtec1/5
zyrtec
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- mortifies1/5
mortify
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- verb hold within limits and control
crucify; subdue.
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- advertorials1/5
advertorial
- noun an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report
- noun an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report
- hearthside1/5
hearthside
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- herbartian1/5
herbartian
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- orthodontia1/5
orthodontia
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
orthodontics; dental orthopedics; dental orthopaedics; orthodonture.
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- assertedly1/5
asserted
- adjective satellite confidently declared to be so
- the asserted value of the painting
- verb state categorically
assert; asseverate; maintain.
- adjective satellite confidently declared to be so
- arteriographic1/5
- inertly1/5
inert
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- adjective satellite having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
neutral; indifferent.
- inert matter
- an indifferent chemical in a reaction
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- departmentally1/5
departmentally
- adverb dependent on a department
- adverb dependent on a department
- earthenwares1/5
earthenware
- noun ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat
- noun ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat
- sportswoman1/5
sportswoman
- noun someone who engages in sports
sport; sportsman.
- noun someone who engages in sports
- proportionalism1/5
- mortadella1/5
- albertan1/5
albertan
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- hemihypertrophy1/5
- cartwheeled1/5
cartwheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- noun acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
- noun a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- orthogenesis1/5
- burthensome1/5
burdensome
- adjective satellite not easily borne; wearing; I only had to greet the guests"
onerous; taxing.
- the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return
- my duties weren't onerous
- a taxing schedule
- adjective satellite not easily borne; wearing; I only had to greet the guests"
- unsporting1/5
unsporting
- adjective satellite violating accepted standards or rules
unsportsmanlike; cheating; dirty; foul.
- a dirty fighter
- used foul means to gain power
- a nasty unsporting serve
- fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
- adjective satellite violating accepted standards or rules
- tourte1/5
tourte
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- heartworms1/5
- particularise1/5
particularise
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- pertness1/5
pertness
- noun inappropriate playfulness
archness; perkiness; impertinence; sauciness.
- noun quality of being lively and confident
- there was a pertness about her that attracted him
- noun inappropriate playfulness
- dunbarton1/5
dunbarton
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- noncertified1/5
- hearties1/5
hearty
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- gave us a cordial reception
- a hearty welcome
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; square; satisfying.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- controverting1/5
controvert
- verb be resistant to
contradict; oppose.
- The board opposed his motion
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
rebut; refute.
- verb be resistant to
- nonproportional1/5
nonproportional
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- everting1/5
everting
- noun the act of turning inside out
inversion; eversion.
- verb turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
evert.
- evert the eyelid
- noun the act of turning inside out
- inertance1/5
- coppertone1/5
coppertone
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- nonvirtuous1/5
- shortlisting1/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- interconvertible1/5
interconvertible
Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are .interconvertible
- immortalise1/5
immortalise
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
immortalize; memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize.
- This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
- We memorialized the Dead
- verb make famous forever
immortalize; eternalize; eternalise; eternize; eternise.
- This melody immortalized its composer
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- orthonormality1/5
- carthamus1/5
carthamus
- noun safflower
genus Carthamus.
- noun safflower
- revertants1/5
- hypertropia1/5
- predistortion1/5
- overthinking1/5
overthinking
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- immortelle1/5
immortelle
- noun mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
Xeranthemum annuum.
- noun mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
- predeparture1/5
- northerns1/5
northern
- noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
- adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- Northern liberals
- northern industry
- northern cities
- noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
- importunately1/5
importunately
- adverb in a beseeching manner
entreatingly; imploringly; beseechingly; pleadingly.
- `You must help me,' she said imploringly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
- inconvertibility1/5
inconvertibility
- noun the quality of not being exchangeable
- the inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible
- noun the quality of not being exchangeable
- artifex1/5
- recharter1/5
recharter
A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.
- misfortunate1/5
misfortunate
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
poor; wretched; pathetic; pitiable; piteous; miserable; pitiful; hapless.
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
- ortolan1/5
ortolan
- noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
ortolan bunting; Emberiza hortulana.
- noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
- quartern1/5
quartern
- noun one of four equal parts
twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; one-fourth; fourth; quarter.
- a quarter of a pound
- noun one of four equal parts
- reexports1/5
reexport
To export again, as what has been imported.
- quarterbacking1/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- tertulia1/5
tertulia
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- disarticulate1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- lawcourts1/5
lawcourt
- noun a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
court; court of law; court of justice.
- noun a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
- orthopraxis1/5
- carports1/5
carport
- noun garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
car port.
- noun garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
- prebirth1/5
- subfertile1/5
- morth1/5
morth
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- shorthold1/5
- undertrained1/5
undertrained
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- smartened1/5
smarten
To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. Colloq.She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black.
- corticofugal1/5
corticofugal
- adjective satellite of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex
corticifugal; corticoefferent.
- corticofugal discharges
- adjective satellite of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex
- torturously1/5
torturously
- adverb in a very painful manner
excruciatingly; agonizingly.
- the progress was agonizingly slow
- adverb in a very painful manner
- mozartian1/5
mozartian
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozartean.
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- unpartitioned1/5
unpartitioned
- adjective satellite not divided by partitions
- adjective satellite not divided by partitions
- wholeheartedness1/5
wholeheartedness
- noun the quality of hearty sincerity
heartiness.
- noun undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm
- noun the quality of hearty sincerity
- immortelles1/5
immortelle
- noun mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
Xeranthemum annuum.
- noun mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
- diarthrodial1/5
diarthrodial
(Anat.) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations.
- corticoid1/5
corticoid
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
adrenal cortical steroid; corticosteroid.
- adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions
- noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
- calochortus1/5
calochortus
- noun large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
genus Calochortus.
- noun large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
- surtaxes1/5
surtax
- noun an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed
supertax.
- verb levy an extra tax on
- surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000
- noun an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed
- tartarian1/5
tartarian
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
- desertlike1/5
- uncourteous1/5
uncourteous
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- lambertini1/5
lambertini
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- spartacists1/5
- inopportunely1/5
inopportunely
- adverb at an inconvenient time
malapropos.
- he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner
- she answered malapropos
- adverb at an inconvenient time
- postpartal1/5
- subvertical1/5
- inadvertency1/5
inadvertency
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertence.
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
- bartons1/5
barton
The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. Eng. Burton.
- incertum1/5
incertum
Doubtful; not of definite form.
- colportage1/5
colportage
The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.
- periarteritis1/5
periarteritis
- noun inflammation of the outer coat of an artery
- noun inflammation of the outer coat of an artery
- cortef1/5
cortef
- noun an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
hydrocortisone; cortisol; Hydrocortone.
- noun an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- shortleaf1/5
shortleaf
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- exhortative1/5
exhortative
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
exhortatory; hortatory; hortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- countertenor1/5
countertenor
- noun a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor
- noun the highest adult male singing voice
alto.
- noun a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor
- insertive1/5
- disconcerts1/5
disconcert
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; discomfit.
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
- hypoadrenocorticism1/5
hypoadrenocorticism
- noun a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
Addison's syndrome; Addison's disease; hypoadrenalism.
- noun a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
- sieverts1/5
- nonorthodox1/5
nonorthodox
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- curtainless1/5
curtainless
- adjective not provided with curtains
uncurtained.
- blank, curtainless windows stared back at her
- adjective not provided with curtains
- particularizes1/5
particularize
- verb be specific about
specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- smarta1/5
smarta
- noun one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism
- noun one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism
- couverte1/5
couverte
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- sortied1/5
sortied
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- earthwards1/5
earthwards
Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.
- anteverted1/5
- ortman1/5
ortman
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- vertebras1/5
vertebra
- noun one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- noun one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- orthochromatic1/5
orthochromatic
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- artal1/5
rotl
- noun a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- noun a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- quartzitic1/5
- countertraction1/5
- spartacist1/5
spartacist
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- syrtis1/5
syrtis
A quicksand. Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea Nor good dry land. Milton.
- postabortion1/5
- copartners1/5
copartner
- noun a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
- noun a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
- champerty1/5
champerty
- noun an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded
- soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty
- noun an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded
- immortalizes1/5
immortalize
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize; immortalise.
- This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
- We memorialized the Dead
- verb make famous forever
eternalize; eternalise; eternize; eternise; immortalise.
- This melody immortalized its composer
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- curtaining1/5
curtain
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
drape; pall; drapery; mantle.
- noun any barrier to communication or vision
- a curtain of secrecy
- a curtain of trees
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- birthweights1/5
- worthwhileness1/5
worthwhileness
- noun value sufficient to repay time or effort spent
- noun value sufficient to repay time or effort spent
- snorter1/5
snorter
- noun someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound
- noun something outstandingly difficult
- the problem was a real snorter
- noun someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound
- proportionals1/5
proportional
- noun one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
- adjective satellite properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
relative.
- the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
- earnings relative to production
- noun one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
- expertises1/5
expertise
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
expertness.
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
- periaortic1/5
- certis1/5
- mortarboard1/5
mortarboard
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
hawk.
- noun an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- nonvertebral1/5
- intertrial1/5
- recertified1/5
- encephalartos1/5
encephalartos
- noun any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
- noun any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
- hornworts1/5
hornwort
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- noun liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- sportively1/5
sportively
- adverb in a merry sportive manner
- adverb in a merry sportive manner
- sartorially1/5
sartorial
- adjective of or relating to the sartorius muscle
- adjective of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
- adjective of or relating to the sartorius muscle
- sportswriting1/5
- impartible1/5
impartible
Capable of being imparted or communicated.
- intertubercular1/5
- orthogonalized1/5
- importances1/5
importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- the importance of a well-balanced diet
- noun a prominent status
grandness.
- a person of importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- courtezan1/5
courtesan
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
concubine; doxy; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- reapportioned1/5
reapportion
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
reallocate.
- Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
- forecourts1/5
forecourt
- noun the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings
- noun the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings
- portraitures1/5
portraiture
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrayal; portrait.
- noun the activity of making portraits
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- amortizes1/5
amortize
- verb liquidate gradually
amortise.
- verb liquidate gradually
- articulacy1/5
articulacy
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- fortifier1/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- tortes1/5
torte
- noun rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
- noun rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
- karting1/5
- smartweed1/5
smartweed
(Bot.) An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper ), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.
- unascertainable1/5
unascertainable
- adjective satellite not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery
undiscoverable.
- adjective satellite not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery
- dirties1/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- incertain1/5
incertain
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
unsure; uncertain.
- uncertain of his convictions
- unsure of himself and his future
- moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps
- an uncertain smile
- touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- concertedly1/5
concerted
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
conjunct; cooperative; conjunctive.
- concerted action
- the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind
- the conjunctive focus of political opposition
- a cooperative effort
- a united effort
- joint military activities
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
concert.
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
- tortue1/5
tortue
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- martyria1/5
- inerts1/5
inert
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- adjective satellite having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
neutral; indifferent.
- inert matter
- an indifferent chemical in a reaction
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- alerter1/5
alert
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
qui vive.
- bombers were put on alert during the crisis
- noun a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
alerting.
- noun condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
- gartered1/5
garter
- noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
supporter.
- verb fasten with or as if with a garter
- noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
- tortiously1/5
tortious
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- tortious acts
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- cartoony1/5
- pertinency1/5
pertinency
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
pertinence; applicability.
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- extortioner1/5
extortioner
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
blackmailer; extortionist.
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- reapportion1/5
reapportion
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
reallocate.
- Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
- courteousness1/5
courteousness
The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
- earthmovers1/5
- urticaceae1/5
urticaceae
- noun a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
nettle family; family Urticaceae.
- noun a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
- emporte1/5
emporte
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- cartogram1/5
cartogram
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- revertant1/5
revertant
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- urth1/5
urth
- noun goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past
Urd.
- noun goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past
- unforthcoming1/5
- asportation1/5
asportation
(Law) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited. ✍ It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment. Blackstone.
- unfertile1/5
unfertile
- adjective incapable of reproducing
sterile; infertile.
- an infertile couple
- adjective incapable of reproducing
- courtesied1/5
courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- northeasterners1/5
- chartreux1/5
- vertiginously1/5
vertiginous
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; dizzy; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
- decertify1/5
decertify
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
derecognise; derecognize.
- Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
- alerta1/5
- orthotist1/5
orthotist
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- shortcakes1/5
shortcake
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- artisanry1/5
- curtseys1/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- hypertrophies1/5
hypertrophy
- noun abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
- verb undergo hypertrophy
- muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids
- noun abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
- sportspersons1/5
- earthborn1/5
earthborn
- adjective satellite of earthly origin (as mortals are)
- earthborn existence
- adjective satellite springing from or born on the earth
- earthborn beings
- adjective satellite of earthly origin (as mortals are)
- discourteously1/5
discourteously
- adverb in an impolite manner
rudely; impolitely.
- he treated her impolitely
- adverb in an impolite manner
- earthliness1/5
earthliness
The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
- myrtus1/5
myrtus
- noun type genus of the Myrtaceae
genus Myrtus.
- noun type genus of the Myrtaceae
- fortnights1/5
fortnight
- noun a period of fourteen consecutive days
two weeks.
- most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight
- noun a period of fourteen consecutive days
- quarte1/5
quart
- noun a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
- noun a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- cortège1/5
- vorticella1/5
vorticella
- noun any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
- noun any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
- unfertilised1/5
unfertilised
- adjective satellite not having been fertilized
unimpregnated; unfertilized.
- an unfertilized egg
- adjective satellite not having been fertilized
- portering1/5
porter
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- noun someone who guards an entrance
ostiary; gatekeeper; door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; hall porter.
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- contortionists1/5
contortionist
- noun an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions
- noun an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions
- partitas1/5
partita
- noun one of the variations contained in a partita
- noun (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century
- noun one of the variations contained in a partita
- northers1/5
norther
- noun a wind that blows from the north
northerly; north wind; boreas.
- noun a wind that blows from the north
- shorthairs1/5
- firths1/5
firth
- noun English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
John Rupert Firth; J. R. Firth.
- noun a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
- noun English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
- orthophosphoric1/5
orthophosphoric
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- travertines1/5
travertine
(Min.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.
- inartificial1/5
inartificial
Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; --as, an inartificial argument; aninartificial character.In*ar`ti*fi"cial*ly , adv. --In*ar`ti*fi"cial*ness , n.
- concertato1/5
- carteri1/5
carteri
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- unvirtuous1/5
- hortative1/5
hortative
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
exhortatory; hortatory; exhortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- dysarthrias1/5
dysarthria
- noun impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
- noun impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
- sestertius1/5
- cartonnage1/5
- certif1/5
certif
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- noninertial1/5
- partyless1/5
- sirtalis1/5
sirtalis
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- roadworthy1/5
roadworthy
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- animadverted1/5
animadvert
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
speak up; opine; sound off; speak out.
- John spoke up at the meeting
- verb express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- overtasked1/5
- reimportation1/5
reimportation
The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.
- whortleberry1/5
whortleberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; bilberry.
- noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
European blueberry; bilberry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- overtops1/5
overtop
- verb look down on
overlook; dominate; command.
- The villa dominates the town
- verb look down on
- lagarto1/5
lagarto
An alligator. Obs. Sir W. Raleigh.
- artiodactyl1/5
artiodactyl
- noun placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate.
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
even-toed; artiodactylous.
- noun placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
- dirtbag1/5
- orthogenetic1/5
- shirtwaists1/5
shirtwaist
- noun a blouse with buttons down the front
shirtwaister.
- in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister
- noun a blouse with buttons down the front
- praiseworthiness1/5
praiseworthiness
- noun the quality of being worthy of praise
laudableness; laudability.
- noun the quality of being worthy of praise
- overtighten1/5
overtighten
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- yurta1/5
- advertized1/5
advertize
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
push; advertise; promote.
- The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
- The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
- verb call attention to
publicise; advertise; publicize.
- Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- bighearted1/5
bighearted
- adjective satellite given or giving freely
liberal; giving; big; openhanded; bountiful; freehanded; bounteous; handsome.
- was a big tipper
- the bounteous goodness of God
- bountiful compliments
- a freehanded host
- a handsome allowance
- Saturday's child is loving and giving
- a liberal backer of the arts
- a munificent gift
- her fond and openhanded grandfather
- adjective satellite given or giving freely
- artifactually1/5
artifactual
- adjective of or relating to artifacts
artefactual.
- adjective of or relating to artifacts
- northmore1/5
northmore
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- assertor1/5
assertor
One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay.
Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.
- antifertility1/5
antifertility
- adjective satellite capable of preventing conception or impregnation
contraceptive; prophylactic.
- contraceptive devices and medications
- adjective satellite capable of preventing conception or impregnation
- hurted1/5
hurt
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; injury; trauma.
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; distress.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- parthenocissus1/5
parthenocissus
- noun woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils
genus Parthenocissus.
- noun woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils
- cartographically1/5
cartographical
- adjective of or relating to the making of maps or charts
cartographic.
- adjective of or relating to the making of maps or charts
- platykurtic1/5
- premortal1/5
- terton1/5
terton
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- vertebrectomy1/5
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- fortuned1/5
fortune
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
chance; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- tickertape1/5
- redstarts1/5
redstart
- noun flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
Setophaga ruticilla; American redstart.
- noun European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
redtail.
- noun flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
- nonportable1/5
- orthometric1/5
orthometric
(Crystallog.) Having the axes at right angles to one another; -- said of crystals or crystalline forms.
- distorter1/5
distorter
One who, or that which, distorts.
- vorticists1/5
- arterialized1/5
arterialize
- verb change venous blood into arterial blood
arterialise.
- verb change venous blood into arterial blood
- assertional1/5
- orthodontically1/5
- fortemente1/5
fortemente
- adjective satellite chiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong
- adjective satellite chiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong
- groatsworth1/5
- partitional1/5
- tripartita1/5
tripartita
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- quarterfinal1/5
quarterfinal
- noun one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
- noun one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
- dorter1/5
- shortfin1/5
shortfin
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- portionless1/5
portionless
Having no portion.
- cartelized1/5
- vespertilionidae1/5
vespertilionidae
- noun the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world
family Vespertilionidae.
- noun the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world
- furtwängler1/5
- watertightness1/5
- sparteine1/5
sparteine
(Chem.) A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom ( Cytisus scoparius , formerlySpartium scoparium ), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.
- shirtings1/5
shirting
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- verb put a shirt on
shirt.
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- tortoni1/5
tortoni
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- mirthfulness1/5
mirthfulness
- noun great merriment
mirth; gleefulness; glee; hilarity.
- noun great merriment
- portunus1/5
portunus
- noun type genus of the family Portunidae
genus Portunus.
- noun type genus of the family Portunidae
- unpropertied1/5
- faintheartedness1/5
faintheartedness
- noun the trait of lacking boldness and courage
faintness.
- faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose
- noun the trait of lacking boldness and courage
- hypertonus1/5
hypertonus
- noun (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
hypertonia; hypertonicity.
- noun (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
- aortae1/5
aorta
- noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- orthosilicate1/5
- gilbertese1/5
- rearticulates1/5
- quartetto1/5
- distortionless1/5
- forequarter1/5
forequarter
- noun the front half of a side of meat
- noun the front half of a side of meat
- unperverted1/5
unpervert
To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted; to reconvert. Obs.
- chakravartin1/5
- hartly1/5
hart
- noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
Moss Hart.
- noun United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943)
Lorenz Milton Hart; Lorenz Hart.
- noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
- orthology1/5
orthology
The right description of things. R. Fotherby.
- diverters1/5
diverter
One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.
- storthing1/5
storthing
The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions.
- hardheartedness1/5
hardheartedness
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
heartlessness; coldheartedness.
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
- inarticulacy1/5
inarticulacy
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- ortolans1/5
ortolan
- noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
ortolan bunting; Emberiza hortulana.
- noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
- departmentalism1/5
departmentalism
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- assertable1/5
assertable
- adjective satellite capable of being affirmed or asserted
affirmable.
- a quality affirmable of every member of the family
- adjective satellite capable of being affirmed or asserted
- birthmothers1/5
- compartmentalise1/5
compartmentalise
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
cut up; compartmentalize.
- You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
- parthenogenetically1/5
parthenogenetically
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- protomartyr1/5
protomartyr
The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
- martinets1/5
martinet
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
moralist; disciplinarian.
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- mortaring1/5
mortar
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
howitzer; trench mortar.
- noun used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- insupportably1/5
insupportable
- adjective satellite incapable of being justified or explained
unwarranted; unjustifiable; unwarrantable; indefensible.
- adjective satellite incapable of being justified or explained
- arteriogenesis1/5
- partialed1/5
partial
- noun the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
partial derivative.
- noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
partial tone; overtone.
- noun the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
- artistical1/5
artistical
Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill. --Ar*tis"tic*al*ly , adv.
- decartelization1/5
- thirtyfold1/5
- orthant1/5
orthant
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- martlet1/5
martlet
(Zoöl.) The European house martin.
- martin's1/5
martin
- noun any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
- noun French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
St. Martin.
- noun any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
- mirthfully1/5
mirthfully
- adverb in a joyous manner
blithely; happily; merrily; gayly; jubilantly.
- they shouted happily
- adverb in a joyous manner
- partitioner1/5
partition
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
divider.
- noun (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- bartletts1/5
bartlett
- noun United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
Robert Abram Bartlett; Captain Bob; Robert Bartlett.
- noun United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
John Bartlett.
- noun United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
- courter1/5
courter
One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. Sherwood.
- chartroom1/5
- sportier1/5
sporty
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
sporting; clean; sportsmanlike.
- a clean fight
- a sporting solution of the disagreement
- sportsmanlike conduct
- adjective satellite (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
showy; gaudy; flashy; jazzy.
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- martinico1/5
- appartements1/5
- insertable1/5
- controverts1/5
controvert
- verb be resistant to
contradict; oppose.
- The board opposed his motion
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
rebut; refute.
- verb be resistant to
- shorthands1/5
shorthand
- noun a method of writing rapidly
stenography; tachygraphy.
- adjective satellite written in abbreviated or symbolic form
- shorthand notes
- noun a method of writing rapidly
- murthered1/5
murder
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
slaying; execution.
- verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- earthshine1/5
- farthermost1/5
farthermost
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
uttermost; furthest; utmost; farthest; furthermost.
- had traveled to the farthest frontier
- don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree
- explored the furthest reaches of space
- the utmost tip of the peninsula
- adjective satellite (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
- fourteeners1/5
fourteen
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
14; XIV.
- adjective satellite being one more than thirteen
14; xiv.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
- kartvelian1/5
- reconverting1/5
reconvert
- verb convert back
- Hollywood is reconverting old films
- verb convert back
- inertially1/5
- hartals1/5
- orthos1/5
orthos
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- chartulary1/5
chartulary
See Cartulary .
- portrayer1/5
portrayer
- noun a painter or drawer of portraits
portraitist; limner; portrait painter.
- noun a painter or drawer of portraits
- foreshorten1/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- verbesserte1/5
- uncomforted1/5
uncomforted
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- birthe1/5
birthe
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- comfortableness1/5
comfortableness
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
comfort.
- he is a man who enjoys his comfort
- she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair
- noun a feeling of being at ease in a relationship
- noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
- intertie1/5
intertie
(Arch.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
- intertwinement1/5
intertwinement
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- asserter1/5
asserter
- noun someone who claims to speak the truth
affirmer; asseverator; avower; declarer.
- a bold asserter
- a declarer of his intentions
- affirmers of traditional doctrine
- an asseverator of strong convictions
- an avower of his own great intelligence
- noun someone who claims to speak the truth
- cartwrights1/5
cartwright
- noun English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
Edmund Cartwright.
- noun a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- noun English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
- carthorse1/5
carthorse
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
drayhorse; cart horse.
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
- birthless1/5
birthless
Of mean extraction. R. Sir W. Scott.
- virtualisation1/5
- prepuberty1/5
prepuberty
- noun a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur
- noun a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur
- stalwartly1/5
stalwart
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
loyalist.
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
hardy; stout; sturdy.
- hardy explorers of northern Canada
- proud of her tall stalwart son
- stout seamen
- sturdy young athletes
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- hortorum1/5
hortorum
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- tartane1/5
- partier1/5
party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
- subcortex1/5
- reimported1/5
reimport
To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young.
- athwartships1/5
- flaubertian1/5
- kindheartedness1/5
kindheartedness
- noun sympathy arising from a kind heart
kind-heartedness.
- noun sympathy arising from a kind heart
- dorthy1/5
dorthy
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- teleports1/5
teleport
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- aquafortis1/5
- infortune1/5
infortune
Misfortune. Obs. Chaucer.
- intertubular1/5
intertubular
Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells;intertubular substance.
- hurtfully1/5
hurtful
- adjective satellite causing hurt
- her hurtful unconsidered words
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
deleterious; injurious.
- deleterious chemical additives
- adjective satellite causing hurt
- particularisation1/5
particularisation
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
detailing; particularization.
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
- parthenocarpic1/5
- nonvertical1/5
- flibbertigibbet1/5
flibbertigibbet
- noun a female fool
foolish woman.
- noun a female fool
- interconverted1/5
- shortcrust1/5
shortcrust
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- overthink1/5
overthink
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- amortizations1/5
amortization
- noun the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
amortisation.
- noun payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
amortisation.
- noun the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
- shortcutting1/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- perturber1/5
perturber
One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.
- periarthritis1/5
- nonparticipatory1/5
- orthotropy1/5
- arterially1/5
arterial
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
- arterial disease
- the arterial system
- arterial blood
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
- partiya1/5
partiya
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- recertify1/5
- sortition1/5
sortition
- noun making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
drawing lots; casting lots.
- noun making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
- shortchanges1/5
shortchanges
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- partitives1/5
partitive
- noun word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
- adjective (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
- a partitive construction
- noun word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
- anarthrous1/5
anarthrous
(Gr. Gram.) Used without the article; as, an .anarthrous substantive
- copartner1/5
copartner
- noun a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
- noun a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
- couverts1/5
covert
- noun a flock of coots
- noun a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
concealment; screen; cover.
- a screen of trees afforded privacy
- under cover of darkness
- the brush provided a covert for game
- the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
- noun a flock of coots
- reassertions1/5
reassertion
- noun renewed affirmation
reaffirmation.
- noun renewed affirmation
- comportments1/5
comportment
- noun dignified manner or conduct
bearing; presence; mien.
- noun dignified manner or conduct
- sortilege1/5
sortilege
The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots. A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott.
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- particeps1/5
- interterritorial1/5
interterritorial
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- portentousness1/5
portentousness
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- skirtings1/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- tartrates1/5
tartrate
- noun a salt or ester of tartaric acid
- noun a salt or ester of tartaric acid
- orthostat1/5
orthostat
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- shortlists1/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- incertitudes1/5
incertitude
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- girted1/5
gird
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
build up; fortify; arm.
- The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
- troops are building up on the Iraqi border
- verb put a girdle on or around
girdle.
- gird your loins
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- powertrains1/5
- pianofortes1/5
pianoforte
- noun a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
piano; forte-piano.
- noun a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
- heart's1/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- airtightness1/5
- assertors1/5
assertor
One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay.
Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.
- birthstones1/5
birthstones
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- halberts1/5
halberts
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- horticulturally1/5
horticulturally
- adverb by means of horticulture
- adverb by means of horticulture
- merthiolate1/5
merthiolate
- noun a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic
thimerosal; sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate.
- noun a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic
- portabella1/5
- neoorthodox1/5
neoorthodox
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- sabertooth1/5
sabertooth
- noun any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
saber-toothed tiger.
- noun any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
- refortified1/5
refortify
To fortify anew.
- turtleback1/5
turtleback
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- deports1/5
deport
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; comport; bear; behave; conduct; carry.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
deliver; extradite.
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- verb behave in a certain manner
- inadvertantly1/5
- virtuosa1/5
- partygoer1/5
partygoer
- noun someone who is attending a party
- the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers
- noun someone who is attending a party
- infortunes1/5
- portlanders1/5
- shirty1/5
shirty
- adjective satellite (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
snorty.
- adjective satellite (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
- hurtfulness1/5
hurtfulness
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- fertilises1/5
fertilise
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fecundate.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed; fertilize.
- We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
- verb make fertile or productive
- undertows1/5
undertow
- noun an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
- his account had a poignant undertow of regret
- noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
sea purse; sea-puss; sea puss; sea-poose; sea-purse.
- noun an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
- uncomfortableness1/5
uncomfortableness
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
discomfort.
- noun embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
self-consciousness; uneasiness.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- pourtray1/5
portray
- verb portray in words
- The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
- verb make a portrait of
depict; limn.
- Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
- verb portray in words
- underskirts1/5
underskirt
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
petticoat; half-slip.
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
- orthograde1/5
- parthenocarpy1/5
parthenocarpy
- noun (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds
- noun (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds
- swarth1/5
swarth
Swart; swarthy. "A swarth complexion." Chapman.
- tinkertoys1/5
- rechartering1/5
recharter
A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.
- quartett1/5
quartet
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
tetrad; quaternity; quadruplet; foursome; Little Joe; IV; four; quaternion; quatern; quaternary; 4.
- noun four performers or singers who perform together
quartette.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- intertextualities1/5
intertextualities
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- birthcontrol1/5
- counterthrust1/5
- andrewartha1/5
- orthoptics1/5
orthoptics
- noun treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)
- noun treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)
- sortation1/5
- mertensia1/5
mertensia
- noun a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
genus Mertensia.
- noun a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
- disarticulating1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- whortleberries1/5
whortleberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; bilberry.
- noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
European blueberry; bilberry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- nerthus1/5
nerthus
- noun the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord
Hertha.
- noun the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord
- outsmarts1/5
outsmart
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
beat; overreach; outwit; outfox; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
outmanoeuvre; outmaneuver.
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
- feathertop1/5
feathertop
- noun northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
feathertop grass; Pennistum villosum.
- noun a variety of reed grass
Calamagrostis acutiflora; feather reed grass.
- noun northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
- intertarsal1/5
intertarsal
(Anat.) Between the tarsal bones; as, the .intertarsal articulations
- havarti1/5
havarti
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- partitionist1/5
partitionist
- noun an advocate of partitioning a country
- noun an advocate of partitioning a country
- orthophosphates1/5
orthophosphate
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
phosphate; inorganic phosphate.
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
- neoorthodoxy1/5
- martinicans1/5
- impartialist1/5
impartialist
One who is impartial. R. Boyle.
- pertinents1/5
pertinent
- adjective satellite having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
- a list of articles pertinent to the discussion
- remarks that were to the point
- adjective satellite being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
apposite; apt.
- the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images
- an apt reply
- adjective satellite having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
- disports1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- sportiveness1/5
sportiveness
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
frolicsomeness; friskiness.
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
- intradepartmental1/5
intradepartmental
- adjective within a department
- intradepartmental memos
- adjective within a department
- orthovanadate1/5
- orthopnoea1/5
- overtness1/5
overtness
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- orthopaedist1/5
orthopaedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- heartburnings1/5
heartburning
- noun intense resentment
- his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals
- noun intense resentment
- uncourtly1/5
- cartograms1/5
- particule1/5
particule
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- apertural1/5
apertural
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- tinkertoy1/5
tinkertoy
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- hogarthian1/5
hogarthian
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- orthogneiss1/5
orthogneiss
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- teleconverter1/5
- presorted1/5
presorted
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- tiburtine1/5
- concertizing1/5
concertize
- verb give concerts; perform in concerts
concertise.
- My niece is off concertizing in Europe
- verb give concerts; perform in concerts
- virtuti1/5
virtuti
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- earthmover1/5
earthmover
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- quartersawn1/5
- sportingly1/5
sportingly
- adverb so as to be sporting; in a sporting manner
- adverb so as to be sporting; in a sporting manner
- portmanteaux1/5
portmanteau
- noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
portmanteau word; blend.
- `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'
- `motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'
- `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau
- noun a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Gladstone; Gladstone bag.
- noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- exportability1/5
exportability
The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.
- seroconverted1/5
- portcullises1/5
portcullis
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- orthodoxly1/5
orthodox
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- an orthodox view of the world
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
Jewish-Orthodox.
- Orthodox Judaism
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- nonpartner1/5
nonpartner
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- bartholomeu1/5
bartholomeu
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- kindergartener1/5
kindergartener
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
preschooler; kindergartner.
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
- hammertoe1/5
hammertoe
- noun a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch
- noun a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch
- portway1/5
- cavorts1/5
cavort
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb play boisterously
- subverter1/5
subverter
- noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
revolutionary; subversive; revolutionist.
- noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
- virtualize1/5
virtualize
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- periarterial1/5
periarterial
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- concertinas1/5
concertina
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- noun free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- reinserts1/5
reinsert
To insert again.
- waterthrush1/5
- tertials1/5
tertial
(Zoöl.) Same as Tertiary .
- pseudohypertrophy1/5
pseudohypertrophy
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- furtum1/5
- cortexes1/5
cortex
- noun the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
pallium; cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle.
- noun the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
- noun the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
- dessertspoon1/5
dessertspoon
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
dessertspoonful.
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
- startlement1/5
- martyrologist1/5
martyrologist
A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton.
- autoportrait1/5
- orthodoxes1/5
orthodox
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- an orthodox view of the world
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
Jewish-Orthodox.
- Orthodox Judaism
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- corticated1/5
corticated
Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
- martyring1/5
martyr
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
sufferer.
- noun one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
- perts1/5
pert
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
impertinent; saucy; irreverent.
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- mortices1/5
mortice
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortise.
- verb cut a hole for a tenon in
mortise.
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- heartthrobs1/5
heartthrob
- noun an object of infatuation
- noun an object of infatuation
- compartmentalizes1/5
compartmentalize
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
compartmentalise; cut up.
- You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
- orthicon1/5
orthicon
- noun a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons
image orthicon.
- noun a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons
- convertors1/5
convertor
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
converter.
- noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
- reportages1/5
reportage
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reporting; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- verting1/5
vert
(Eng. Forest Law) (a) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve .vert and venison is the duty of the verderer(b) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
- srta1/5
- artemon1/5
- sportscasting1/5
sportscast
- noun a broadcast of sports news or commentary
- verb broadcast a sports event
- noun a broadcast of sports news or commentary
- articularis1/5
articularis
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- gilbertine1/5
- smartie1/5
smartie
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- vertebrated1/5
vertebrate
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
craniate.
- adjective having a backbone or spinal column
- fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
- martially1/5
martially
- adverb in a martial manner
- adverb in a martial manner
- departmentalisation1/5
departmentalisation
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- shortsightedly1/5
shortsighted
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
unforesightful; short; myopic.
- a short view of the problem
- shortsighted policies
- shortsighted critics derided the plan
- myopic thinking
- adjective unable to see distant objects clearly
nearsighted; myopic.
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
- fortition1/5
fortition
Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. R.No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke.
- martyrologium1/5
- kurtas1/5
kurta
- noun a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
- noun a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
- hyperthermal1/5
hyperthermal
- adjective of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia
- adjective of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia
- aftertouch1/5
- wartlike1/5
wartlike
- adjective satellite (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
warty; verrucose.
- adjective satellite (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
- artels1/5
rotl
- noun a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- noun a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- portative1/5
portative
Portable. Obs.
- advertence1/5
advertence
- noun the process of being heedful
advertency.
- noun the process of being heedful
- hartin1/5
hartin
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- coperta1/5
coperta
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- seyferts1/5
- arties1/5
arty
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- schubertian1/5
- overtaxation1/5
- orthotists1/5
- hoopskirts1/5
hoopskirt
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
crinoline.
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- intertexture1/5
intertexture
The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. "Knit in nice intertexture." Coleridge.Skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs. Cowper.
- earthshattering1/5
- fortlet1/5
fortlet
A little fort. R. Bailey.
- poverties1/5
poverty
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
poorness; impoverishment.
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- amortise1/5
amortise
- verb liquidate gradually
amortize.
- verb liquidate gradually
- particularising1/5
particularise
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- nonartistic1/5
- quarterbacked1/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- spaceports1/5
spaceports
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- orthopedically1/5
orthopedical
- adjective of or relating to orthopedics
orthopedic; orthopaedic.
- orthopedic shoes
- adjective of or relating to orthopedics
- earthrise1/5
- fortalice1/5
fortalice
(Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace .
- anorthosites1/5
- opportuneness1/5
opportuneness
- noun timely convenience
patness; timeliness.
- noun timely convenience
- sartrian1/5
- northings1/5
northing
(Surv. & Navigation) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing .
- gurts1/5
gurts
Groatts. Obs.
- northeastwards1/5
northeastward
- noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
NE; northeast; nor'-east.
- adjective satellite toward the northeast
- noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
- quartodeciman1/5
quartodeciman
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- participatively1/5
- charthouse1/5
- antiarthritic1/5
- importunes1/5
importune
- verb beg persistently and urgently
insist.
- I importune you to help them
- verb beg persistently and urgently
- postfertilization1/5
postfertilization
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- heartful1/5
- cortinarius1/5
cortinarius
- noun the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils)
genus Cortinarius.
- noun the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils)
- mortalism1/5
- portobellos1/5
- orthoscopic1/5
orthoscopic
(Opt.) Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view; as, an .orthoscopic eyepiece
- subdepartment1/5
subdepartment
A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau .
- portae1/5
portae
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- heavyhearted1/5
heavyhearted
- adjective satellite depressed
- adjective satellite depressed
- dessertspoonful1/5
dessertspoonful
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
dessertspoon.
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
- particoloured1/5
particoloured
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
painted; multi-coloured; varicoloured; multicolour; varicolored; motley; pied; particolored; multi-color; multicolored; multicoloured; multicolor; piebald; multi-colored; multi-colour; calico.
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- northernness1/5
northernness
- noun the property of being to the north
- noun the property of being to the north
- swertia1/5
swertia
- noun genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa
genus Swertia.
- noun genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa
- northwardly1/5
northward
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
due north; north; N.
- adjective satellite moving toward the north
northbound.
- the northbound lane
- we took the north train
- the northward flow of traffic
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- fortuitousness1/5
fortuitousness
- noun the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
- noun the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
- cuarteron1/5
- orthopsychiatric1/5
- northwesterners1/5
northwestern
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northwest
northwest; northwesterly.
- adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northwest
- covertness1/5
covertness
- noun the state of being covert and hidden
hiddenness.
- noun the state of being covert and hidden
- offertories1/5
offertory
- noun the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- noun the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
- noun the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- charterist1/5
charterist
Same as Chartist .
- monarticular1/5
- overtightening1/5
- transportees1/5
- aortotomy1/5
- swarthiness1/5
swarthiness
- noun a swarthy complexion
duskiness; darkness.
- noun a swarthy complexion
- martiniquais1/5
martiniquais
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- inertiae1/5
- underthrusting1/5
- truehearted1/5
truehearted
- adjective satellite unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
firm; loyal; fast.
- a firm ally
- loyal supporters
- the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison
- fast friends
- adjective satellite unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
- artcraft1/5
- effortfully1/5
effortful
- adjective requiring great physical effort
- adjective requiring great physical effort
- wortle1/5
wortle
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- lacertidae1/5
lacertidae
- noun Old World lizards
family Lacertidae.
- noun Old World lizards
- allsorts1/5
- pertinentia1/5
- desertic1/5
desertic
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- polartec1/5
- countertrends1/5
- portulacaceae1/5
portulacaceae
- noun family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
family Portulacaceae; purslane family.
- noun family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
- abortuses1/5
abortus
- noun a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
- noun a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
- arteriolosclerosis1/5
arteriolosclerosis
- noun sclerosis of the arterioles
- noun sclerosis of the arterioles
- tortie1/5
- earthlight1/5
- invertebrata1/5
invertebrata
(Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.
- countertradition1/5
- mccarthyites1/5
- birthparent1/5
birthparent
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- syrtes1/5
- disheartens1/5
dishearten
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
- arthrospores1/5
arthrospore
- noun a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
- noun one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
- noun a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
- rapportage1/5
- cortaderia1/5
cortaderia
- noun tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
genus Cortaderia.
- noun tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
- heliports1/5
heliport
- noun an airport for helicopters
- noun an airport for helicopters
- forted1/5
fort
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fortress.
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- portabello1/5
- intercartilaginous1/5
intercartilaginous
(Anat.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, .intercartilaginous ossification
- courtesying1/5
courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- countertransferences1/5
countertransference
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- cartooned1/5
cartoon
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
sketch.
- noun a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
animated cartoon; toon.
- noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- cathartica1/5
cathartica
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- girthed1/5
girth
- noun the distance around a person's body
- noun stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
cinch.
- noun the distance around a person's body
- cathartes1/5
cathartes
- noun type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures
genus Cathartes.
- noun type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures
- tarting1/5
tart
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
- noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- proabortion1/5
proabortion
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- tartarean1/5
tartarean
Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
- proportionalities1/5
proportionality
- noun a ratio of two quantities that is constant
- noun harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
balance; proportion.
- in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
- noun a ratio of two quantities that is constant
- malapportioned1/5
- arterialization1/5
arterialization
(Physiol.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration andhematosis .
- cryptoporticus1/5
- intertype1/5
- kirtles1/5
kirtle
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- noun a long dress worn by women
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- orthomyxoviruses1/5
orthomyxovirus
- noun a group of viruses including those causing influenza
- noun a group of viruses including those causing influenza
- northwester1/5
northwester
- noun a wind from the northwest
northwest wind.
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northwest
northwestern; northwest; northwesterly.
- noun a wind from the northwest
- heartens1/5
hearten
- verb give encouragement to
embolden; cheer; recreate.
- verb give encouragement to
- parthenogenic1/5
parthenogenic
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- extrovertive1/5
extrovertive
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
extroverted; extravertive; extravert; extraverted; extrovert.
- adjective satellite being concerned with the social and physical environment
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- turtur1/5
turtur
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- counterforts1/5
counterfort
(Fort.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.
- articularly1/5
articular
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
articulary.
- the articular surfaces of bones
- articular disease
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
- martensites1/5
martensite
- noun a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel
- noun a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel
- virtualism1/5
- advertently1/5
advertently
- adverb in a careful deliberate manner
mindfully; heedfully.
- adverb in a careful deliberate manner
- dartle1/5
dartle
To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart. My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning.
- partyers1/5
- antiabortionists1/5
antiabortionists
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- inertion1/5
inertion
Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. R.These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of the arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent fever. E. Darwin.
- introvertive1/5
introvertive
- adjective directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings
introversive.
- adjective directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings
- spoilsports1/5
spoilsport
- noun someone who spoils the pleasure of others
party pooper; killjoy; wet blanket.
- noun someone who spoils the pleasure of others
- overreported1/5
- xenarthra1/5
xenarthra
- noun armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
suborder Xenarthra.
- noun armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
- intertask1/5
- sortileges1/5
sortilege
The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots. A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott.
- advertize1/5
advertize
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
push; advertise; promote.
- The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
- The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
- verb call attention to
publicise; advertise; publicize.
- Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- tortrix1/5
tortrix
- noun California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges
Argyrotaenia citrana; orange tortrix.
- noun small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
tea tortrix; Homona coffearia.
- noun California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges
- gilbertian1/5
gilbertian
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
- Gilbertian libretti
- adjective satellite wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
- a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
- averter1/5
averter
One who, or that which, averts.
- amortissement1/5
- perturbational1/5
perturbational
Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets. "The perturbational theory." Sir J. Herschel.
- hearting1/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- farthingales1/5
farthingale
- noun a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
- noun a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
- hammertoes1/5
hammertoe
- noun a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch
- noun a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch
- miniskirted1/5
miniskirt
- noun a very short skirt
mini.
- noun a very short skirt
- osteocartilaginous1/5
osteocartilaginous
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- schweinfurthii1/5
schweinfurthii
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- martlets1/5
martlet
(Zoöl.) The European house martin.
- garths1/5
garth
A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister .garth A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson.
- distortedly1/5
distorted
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
deformed; misshapen; ill-shapen; malformed.
- deformed thalidomide babies
- his poor distorted limbs
- an ill-shapen vase
- a limp caused by a malformed foot
- misshapen old fingers
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort; garble.
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
- purushartha1/5
purushartha
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- chartae1/5
- shorties1/5
shorties
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- smartish1/5
- irtish1/5
irtish
- noun an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River
Irtish River; Irtysh River; Irtysh.
- noun an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River
- articling1/5
article
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- noun one of a class of artifacts
- an article of clothing
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- fortlets1/5
- curtal1/5
curtal
- adjective satellite (obsolete) cut short
- a dog with a curtal tail
- adjective satellite (obsolete) cut short
- intravertebral1/5
- certhia1/5
certhia
- noun type genus of the Certhiidae
genus Certhia.
- noun type genus of the Certhiidae
- intertwinings1/5
intertwine
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
twine; lace; interlace; enlace; entwine.
- intertwine the ribbons
- Twine the threads into a rope
- intertwined hearts
- verb make lacework by knotting or looping
tat.
- verb spin,wind, or twist together
- mertensiana1/5
mertensiana
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- orthic1/5
orthic
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- corteges1/5
cortege
- noun a funeral procession
- noun the group following and attending to some important person
entourage; retinue; suite.
- noun a funeral procession
- fortifiers1/5
fortifier
One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds.
- penn'orth1/5
penn'orth
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
pennyworth.
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
- karttika1/5
karttika
- noun the eighth month of the Hindu calendar
Kartik.
- noun the eighth month of the Hindu calendar
- supertramp1/5
- thitherto1/5
thitherto
To that point; so far. Obs.
- flacourtiaceae1/5
flacourtiaceae
- noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
flacourtia family; family Flacourtiaceae.
- noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
- tartine1/5
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- orthopterans1/5
orthopteran
- noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
orthopterous insect; orthopteron.
- noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
- lacertus1/5
lacertus
(Anat.) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.
- subverters1/5
subverter
- noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
revolutionary; subversive; revolutionist.
- noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
- overtreated1/5
- nemertea1/5
nemertea
- noun proboscis worms
phylum Nemertea; phylum Nemertina; Nemertina.
- noun proboscis worms
- orthopaedically1/5
- controvertible1/5
controvertible
Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. --Con`tro*ver"ti*bly , adv.
- stertorously1/5
stertorously
- adverb in a noisy and stertorous manner
- he was breathing stertorously
- adverb in a noisy and stertorous manner
- overtimes1/5
overtime
- noun work done in addition to regular working hours
- noun playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
extra time.
- noun work done in addition to regular working hours
- simplehearted1/5
- preaortic1/5
preaortic
(Anat.) In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.
- apertured1/5
aperture
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- noun a natural opening in something
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- dartboards1/5
dartboard
- noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
dart board.
- noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
- nonpartisans1/5
nonpartisan
- noun a person who is nonpartisan
nonpartizan.
- adjective free from party affiliation or bias
nonpartizan.
- noun a person who is nonpartisan
- murthers1/5
murder
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
slaying; execution.
- verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- heartsickness1/5
heartsickness
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
despondency; disconsolateness; despondence.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- overtrain1/5
overtrain
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- murtherer1/5
murtherer
A murderer. Obs. or Prov.
- bertholletia1/5
bertholletia
- noun brazil nut
genus Bertholletia.
- noun brazil nut
- particolored1/5
particolored
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
painted; multi-coloured; varicoloured; multicolour; varicolored; motley; pied; multi-color; multicolored; multicoloured; multicolor; particoloured; piebald; multi-colored; multi-colour; calico.
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- orthoepy1/5
orthoepy
- noun the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
pronunciation.
- the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners
- that is the correct pronunciation
- noun a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography
- noun the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
- sortings1/5
sorting
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
sort.
- the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
- noun the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
categorisation; categorization; classification.
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- neanderthalers1/5
neanderthal
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neanderthal man; Neandertal; Neandertal man.
- adjective satellite ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
boorish; loutish; neandertal; oafish; swinish.
- was boorish and insensitive
- the loutish manners of a bully
- her stupid oafish husband
- aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
- noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
- partitura1/5
- cronartium1/5
cronartium
- noun rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns
genus Cronartium.
- noun rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns
- divertimenti1/5
divertimento
- noun a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
serenade.
- noun a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
- artificialism1/5
- rechartered1/5
recharter
A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.
- parthenoi1/5
- pennyworths1/5
pennyworth
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
penn'orth.
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
- lacertilia1/5
lacertilia
(Zoöl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards. ✍ They are closely related to the snakes, and life the latter, usually have the body covered with scales or granules. They usually have eyelids, and most of then have well-formed legs; but in some groups (amphisbæna, glass-snake, etc.) the legs are wanting and the body is serpentlike. None are venomous, unless Heloderma be an exception. The order includes the chameleons, theCionocrania , or typical lizards, and the amphisbænas. SeeAmphisbæna ,Gecko ,Gila monster , andLizard .
- mozartean1/5
mozartean
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozartian.
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- northlight1/5
- spirts1/5
spirt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; squirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- leptokurtosis1/5
- immortalising1/5
immortalise
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
immortalize; memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize.
- This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
- We memorialized the Dead
- verb make famous forever
immortalize; eternalize; eternalise; eternize; eternise.
- This melody immortalized its composer
- verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- orthogenic1/5
- dishearteningly1/5
disheartening
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
demoralizing; demoralising; dispiriting.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off; dishearten.
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
- mccarthyist1/5
- porty1/5
porty
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- foreparts1/5
forepart
- noun the side that is forward or prominent
front; front end.
- noun the side that is forward or prominent
- abortively1/5
abortively
- adverb in an unfruitful manner
- adverb in an unfruitful manner
- artedi1/5
artedi
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stewartry1/5
stewartry
An overseer or superintendent. R. "The stewartry of provisions." Tooke.
- biarticular1/5
- quartettes1/5
quartette
- noun four performers or singers who perform together
quartet.
- noun a set of four similar things considered as a unit
quadruplet; quartet; quadruple.
- noun four performers or singers who perform together
- roadworthiness1/5
roadworthiness
- noun (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road
- noun (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road
- paleocortex1/5
paleocortex
- noun the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum
archipallium.
- noun the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum
- unstarted1/5
- tertullianus1/5
tertullianus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- portably1/5
portable
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- adjective easily or conveniently transported
- a portable television set
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- interarticular1/5
interarticular
(Anat.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, .interarticular cartilages and ligaments
- cartelisation1/5
- earthfast1/5
- parture1/5
parture
Departure. Obs. Spenser.
- greathearted1/5
greathearted
- adjective satellite noble and generous in spirit
magnanimous.
- a greathearted general
- a magnanimous conqueror
- adjective satellite noble and generous in spirit
- subcortically1/5
subcortical
- adjective of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
- adjective of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
- portliness1/5
portliness
The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness. Such pride is praise; such portliness is honor. Spenser.
- contortrix1/5
contortrix
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- weathertight1/5
- adrenocorticosteroids1/5
adrenocorticosteroids
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- unartistic1/5
unartistic
- adjective satellite lacking aesthetic sensibility;
inartistic.
- adjective satellite lacking aesthetic sensibility;
- nemerteans1/5
nemertean
- noun soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
proboscis worm; ribbon worm; nemertine.
- noun soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
- perverter1/5
perverter
One who perverts (a person or thing). "His own parents his perverters." South. "A perverter of his law." Bp. Stillingfleet.
- purtiest1/5
- heartsore1/5
heartsore
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- discourtesies1/5
discourtesy
- noun an expression of lack of respect
disrespect.
- noun a manner that is rude and insulting
rudeness.
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- semideserts1/5
semidesert
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
- undertime1/5
undertime
The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. Obs.He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest creature that he ever saw. Spenser.
- restartable1/5
restartable
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- arthrodeses1/5
- murtherers1/5
murderer
- noun a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
manslayer; liquidator.
- noun a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
- disassortative1/5
disassortative
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- anarthria1/5
anarthria
- noun partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system
- noun partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system
- unpartnered1/5
- interconverting1/5
- portreeve1/5
portreeve
A port warden.
- unmortared1/5
- northwestwards1/5
northwestward
- noun the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
nor'-west; NW; northwest.
- adjective satellite toward the northwest
- noun the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
- fourteens1/5
fourteen
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
14; XIV.
- adjective satellite being one more than thirteen
14; xiv.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
- verticle1/5
verticle
An axis; hinge; a turning point. E. Waterhouse.
- urartians1/5
- repartitioned1/5
- expertize1/5
- northeasternmost1/5
- refortification1/5
refortification
A fortifying anew, or a second time. Mitford.
- diarthrosis1/5
diarthrosis
- noun a joint so articulated as to move freely
articulatio synovialis; synovial joint.
- noun a joint so articulated as to move freely
- consortship1/5
consortship
The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.
- turtling1/5
turtle
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtleneck; polo-neck.
- noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- underthrust1/5
underthrust
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- heartburning1/5
heartburning
- noun intense resentment
- his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals
- noun intense resentment
- contrepartie1/5
- foreshortenings1/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- interfertile1/5
interfertile
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- heartwater1/5
- mesokurtic1/5
- smartening1/5
smarten
To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. Colloq.She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black.
- animadverting1/5
animadvert
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
speak up; opine; sound off; speak out.
- John spoke up at the meeting
- verb express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- quirts1/5
quirt
- noun whip with a leather thong at the end
- noun whip with a leather thong at the end
- smartypants1/5
smartypants
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- shillingsworth1/5
- importunings1/5
importune
- verb beg persistently and urgently
insist.
- I importune you to help them
- verb beg persistently and urgently
- asserters1/5
asserter
- noun someone who claims to speak the truth
affirmer; asseverator; avower; declarer.
- a bold asserter
- a declarer of his intentions
- affirmers of traditional doctrine
- an asseverator of strong convictions
- an avower of his own great intelligence
- noun someone who claims to speak the truth
- warted1/5
wart
- noun any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- noun an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)
- noun any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- transportational1/5
transportational
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- articulative1/5
articulative
- adjective of or relating to articulation
articulatory.
- articulatory features
- articulatory phonetics
- adjective of or relating to articulation
- sertion1/5
sertion
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- turtlehead1/5
turtlehead
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
Chelone glabra; shellflower; snake-head; shell-flower; snakehead.
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- vartabed1/5
vartabed
(Eccl.) A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions.
- presorting1/5
presorting
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- openheartedness1/5
openheartedness
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- fortressed1/5
fortress
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fort.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
- thirteens1/5
thirteen
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
long dozen; 13; XIII; baker's dozen.
- adjective satellite being one more than twelve
13; xiii.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
- partenope1/5
partenope
(Gr. Myth.) One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.
- distorters1/5
distorter
One who, or that which, distorts.
- cathartically1/5
cathartically
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- quarterage1/5
quarterage
A quarterly allowance.
- partridgeberry1/5
partridgeberry
- noun creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
boxberry; Mitchella repens; twinberry.
- noun creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
- northeasters1/5
northeaster
- noun a storm blowing from the northeast
noreaster.
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the northeast
northeasterly; northeastern; northeast.
- the northeasterly part of the island
- noun a storm blowing from the northeast
- inserters1/5
inserters
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- overthrusts1/5
- overexerted1/5
overexert
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
- don't overexert yourself when exercising!
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
- advertent1/5
advertent
- adjective satellite giving attention
heedful.
- adjective satellite giving attention
- amortising1/5
amortise
- verb liquidate gradually
amortize.
- verb liquidate gradually
- overexerting1/5
overexert
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
- don't overexert yourself when exercising!
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
- fourteener1/5
fourteen
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
14; XIV.
- adjective satellite being one more than thirteen
14; xiv.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
- reportings1/5
reporting
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reportage; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account; describe.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- murthering1/5
murder
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
slaying; execution.
- verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- portos1/5
porto
- noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
Oporto.
- noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
- reapportioning1/5
reapportion
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
reallocate.
- Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
- blackhearted1/5
blackheart
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- noun heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry
blackheart cherry.
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- particularizations1/5
particularization
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
particularisation; detailing.
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
- redshirts1/5
- microearthquakes1/5
- orthopaedists1/5
orthopaedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- spessartine1/5
- interteam1/5
- divertisement1/5
divertisement
Diversion; amusement; recreation. R.
- arthritics1/5
arthritic
- noun a person afflicted with arthritis
- the hands of an elderly arthritic
- adjective satellite of or pertaining to arthritis
rheumatic; rheumy; rheumatoid; creaky.
- my creaky old joints
- rheumy with age and grief
- noun a person afflicted with arthritis
- tartufe1/5
tartufe
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
- portate1/5
portate
(Her.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross .portate
- berthas1/5
bertha
A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
- portolano1/5
- overtaxes1/5
overtax
- verb tax excessively
- Don't overtax my constituents!
- verb tax excessively
- cohortative1/5
- bertillonage1/5
- fertilities1/5
fertility
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
birthrate; birth rate; fertility rate; natality.
- noun the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
fecundity.
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
- marting1/5
mart
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
market place; marketplace; market.
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- aftertimes1/5
- arthrometer1/5
- cartouch1/5
cartouch
- noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
cartouche.
- noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
- spirting1/5
spirt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; squirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- artilleries1/5
artillery
- noun large but transportable armament
heavy weapon; ordnance; gun.
- noun an army unit that uses big guns
artillery unit.
- noun large but transportable armament
- artemisias1/5
artemisia
- noun any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
- noun any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
- partlet1/5
partlet
A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff. Obs. Fuller.
- arthrograms1/5
arthrogram
- noun an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium
- noun an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium
- courtiership1/5
- reconverts1/5
reconvert
- verb convert back
- Hollywood is reconverting old films
- verb convert back
- overtravel1/5
- aspartates1/5
- orthopteran1/5
orthopteran
- noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
orthopterous insect; orthopteron.
- noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
- crashworthy1/5
- snorty1/5
snorty
- adjective satellite (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
shirty.
- adjective satellite (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
- sachertorte1/5
- hartebeests1/5
hartebeest
- noun a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
- noun a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
- disheartenment1/5
disheartenment
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
dismay; discouragement.
- noun a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- portlands1/5
portland
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- noun largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- compartmentalising1/5
compartmentalise
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
cut up; compartmentalize.
- You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!
- verb separate into isolated compartments or categories
- endarterectomies1/5
endarterectomy
- noun surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis
- noun surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis
- unentertaining1/5
unentertaining
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- repertorial1/5
repertorial
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- partialism1/5
partialism
Partiality; specifically (Theol.) , the doctrine of the Partialists.
- art's1/5
art
- noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
fine art.
- an art exhibition
- a fine collection of art
- noun the creation of beautiful or significant things
artistic creation; artistic production.
- art does not need to be innovative to be good
- I was never any good at art
- he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully
- noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- borts1/5
bort
Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.
- fierte1/5
- carthorses1/5
carthorse
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
drayhorse; cart horse.
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
- cartomancy1/5
cartomancy
The act of telling fortunes with cards.
- earthshaker1/5
- artemisiifolia1/5
artemisiifolia
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- surtitles1/5
surtitle
- noun translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
supertitle.
- noun translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
- anorthositic1/5
- articulatorily1/5
articulatory
- adjective of or relating to articulation
articulative.
- articulatory features
- articulatory phonetics
- adjective of or relating to articulation
- spartium1/5
spartium
- noun one species: Spanish broom
genus Spartium.
- noun one species: Spanish broom
- partibility1/5
partibility
The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the .partibility of an inherttance
- earthmaker1/5
- artiness1/5
artiness
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- remortgage1/5
remortgage
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- cortone1/5
cortone
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- perverters1/5
perverter
One who perverts (a person or thing). "His own parents his perverters." South. "A perverter of his law." Bp. Stillingfleet.
- martyrer1/5
- bartizan1/5
bartizan
(Arch.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.
- spirted1/5
spirt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; squirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- artier1/5
arty
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- bladderworts1/5
bladderwort
- noun any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
- noun any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
- cartful1/5
- courtman1/5
- supertax1/5
supertax
- noun an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed
surtax.
- noun an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed
- vespertine1/5
vespertine
Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. Gray.
- synarthrosis1/5
synarthrosis
(Anat.) Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation , n., 1.
- shirtmaker1/5
shirtmaker
- noun a maker of shirts
- noun a maker of shirts
- kartel1/5
kartel
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- starty1/5
- sabertoothed1/5
sabertoothed
- adjective satellite having teeth that resemble sabers
sabre-toothed; saber-toothed.
- a saber-toothed tiger
- adjective satellite having teeth that resemble sabers
- flacourtia1/5
flacourtia
- noun often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
genus Flacourtia.
- noun often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
- expertised1/5
expertise
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
expertness.
- noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
- dirts1/5
dirt
- noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
soil.
- noun the state of being covered with unclean things
grease; filth; soil; grime; grunge; stain.
- noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- vespertilio1/5
vespertilio
(Zoöl.) A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.
- aftertime1/5
aftertime
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- countertendencies1/5
countertendencies
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- perturbers1/5
perturber
One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.
- intertwisted1/5
intertwist
To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
- nondepartmental1/5
nondepartmental
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- liedertafel1/5
liedertafel
(Mus.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.
- tortula1/5
- tartares1/5
tartar
- noun a salt used especially in baking powder
potassium bitartrate; potassium hydrogen tartrate; cream of tartar.
- noun a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
dragon.
- noun a salt used especially in baking powder
- nonstarters1/5
nonstarter
- noun a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
failure; unsuccessful person; loser.
- noun a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
- noun a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- sexpartite1/5
- earthian1/5
- tenderheartedness1/5
tenderheartedness
- noun warm compassionate feelings
tenderness.
- noun warm compassionate feelings
- subdepartments1/5
subdepartment
A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau .
- martels1/5
martel
To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. Obs. Spenser.
- partizanship1/5
- orthophonic1/5
- invertor1/5
invertor
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- dirtily1/5
dirtily
- adverb in a sordid manner
- as dirtily drunk as usual
- adverb in a filthy unclean manner
filthily.
- a dirtily dressed camel driver
- adverb in a sordid manner
- assarting1/5
assart
(Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.
- porteress1/5
porter
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- noun someone who guards an entrance
ostiary; gatekeeper; door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; hall porter.
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- partitioners1/5
- mortarboards1/5
mortarboard
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
hawk.
- noun an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- birthings1/5
birthing
- noun the process of giving birth
giving birth; birth; parturition.
- verb cause to be born
have; deliver; birth; bear; give birth.
- My wife had twins yesterday!
- noun the process of giving birth
- tortoiseshells1/5
tortoiseshell
- noun the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
- noun brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
tortoiseshell butterfly.
- noun the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
- partan1/5
partan
(Zoöl.) An edible British crab. Prov. Eng.
- aortal1/5
aortal
- adjective of or relating to the aorta
aortic.
- adjective of or relating to the aorta
- morticed1/5
mortice
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortise.
- verb cut a hole for a tenon in
mortise.
- noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- unapportioned1/5
unapportioned
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sportful1/5
sportful
Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a .sportful companionDown he alights among the sportful herd. Milton.
- noninverted1/5
- hurty1/5
- perthite1/5
perthite
(Min.) A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors. --Per*thit"ic a.
- nonartists1/5
- adrenocorticotrophin1/5
adrenocorticotrophin
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotrophic hormone; corticotropin; adrenocorticotropic hormone; adrenocorticotropin; ACTH; corticotrophin.
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- disarticulates1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- overtreat1/5
overtreat
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- peppertree1/5
peppertree
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- fortaz1/5
fortaz
- noun a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections
Tazicef; ceftazidime.
- noun a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections
- shortbreads1/5
shortbread
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
shortbread cookie.
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
- dearths1/5
dearth
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; shortage.
- noun an insufficient quantity or number
paucity.
- noun an acute insufficiency
- transportal1/5
transportal
Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.
- assarts1/5
assart
(Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.
- uninverted1/5
- foreshortens1/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- diarthroses1/5
diarthrosis
- noun a joint so articulated as to move freely
articulatio synovialis; synovial joint.
- noun a joint so articulated as to move freely
- nonsporting1/5
nonsporting
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- brevoortia1/5
brevoortia
- noun menhaden
genus Brevoortia.
- noun menhaden
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